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tinamoo's review
Not enjoying this so DNFing st 24%. May come back to it at some point as it is short stories.
motherhorror's review
3.0
It's hard to rate this collection. I buddy read it with a friend on #bookstagram and I even messaged her to see how she was going to break this collection down. I was sent a copy by the editor of the collection at Word Horde for an honest review. I was 100% sold out on the cover. I *love* the cover.
But this collection has some issues. There are some real gems mixed in with some near misses and some stories that just were good--they were not awful but unfortunately, they weren't very memorable or great, either. I decided to just do a breakdown of star rating for each story and then do an average for an overall score of 3-3.5 stars.
Tales from a Talking Board opens with the story, “YesNoGoodbye,” by Kristi DeMeester and it's my opinion that this is the best story the collection had to offer. Really, really great story--5 stars
“The Devil and the Bugle Boys,” by J.M. McDermott--2 stars
“WeeGee WeeGee, Tell Me Do.” by Anya Martin--2 stars
“When The Evil Days Come Not” by Nathan Carson--3.5 stars
“Grief" by Tiffany Scandal--3.5 stars (this one was pretty strong despite a slow start
“Spin the Throttle" David James Keaton--2 stars (I was just confused by this story honestly)
“Pins” by S.P. Miskowski--5 stars I want to look up more writing by this author
“Deep Into the Skin”Matthew M. Bartlett-- 4.5 stars
“Burnt Sugar Stench” by Wendy N. Wagner-- 3 stars
“Worse Than Demons,” by Scott R. Jones-- 4 stars
“The Empress and the Three Swords” by Amber-Rose Reed-- 2 stars
“Questions and Answers” by David Templeton--3.5 stars
“Harpuspicate or Scry” by Orrin Grey- 4 stars
"May You Live in Interesting Times,” by Nadia Bulkin--5 stars
This is a collection to have in your collection for the Nadia Bulkin and Kristi DeMeester stories alone, along with the 4 star stories in the collection but it's tough to get through some of the not-so-stand-out stories, making this a middle of the road anthology for me, unfortunately.
But this collection has some issues. There are some real gems mixed in with some near misses and some stories that just were good--they were not awful but unfortunately, they weren't very memorable or great, either. I decided to just do a breakdown of star rating for each story and then do an average for an overall score of 3-3.5 stars.
Tales from a Talking Board opens with the story, “YesNoGoodbye,” by Kristi DeMeester and it's my opinion that this is the best story the collection had to offer. Really, really great story--5 stars
“The Devil and the Bugle Boys,” by J.M. McDermott--2 stars
“WeeGee WeeGee, Tell Me Do.” by Anya Martin--2 stars
“When The Evil Days Come Not” by Nathan Carson--3.5 stars
“Grief" by Tiffany Scandal--3.5 stars (this one was pretty strong despite a slow start
“Spin the Throttle" David James Keaton--2 stars (I was just confused by this story honestly)
“Pins” by S.P. Miskowski--5 stars I want to look up more writing by this author
“Deep Into the Skin”Matthew M. Bartlett-- 4.5 stars
“Burnt Sugar Stench” by Wendy N. Wagner-- 3 stars
“Worse Than Demons,” by Scott R. Jones-- 4 stars
“The Empress and the Three Swords” by Amber-Rose Reed-- 2 stars
“Questions and Answers” by David Templeton--3.5 stars
“Harpuspicate or Scry” by Orrin Grey- 4 stars
"May You Live in Interesting Times,” by Nadia Bulkin--5 stars
This is a collection to have in your collection for the Nadia Bulkin and Kristi DeMeester stories alone, along with the 4 star stories in the collection but it's tough to get through some of the not-so-stand-out stories, making this a middle of the road anthology for me, unfortunately.
readswithdogs's review
3.0
👻 Tales from a Talking Board is an odd collection of short stories that all have to do with Ouija boards. It's an odd collection because some of the stories are so bad I feel like they are just published to make the book thicker 🤷 but the best stories are by women. Kristi DeMeester & Nadia Bulkin wrote the best stories in this anthology and so it's worth checking out for those and a few other good ones.🖤
Also, the cover is a work of art!
Also, the cover is a work of art!
thaatswhatsheread's review
3.0
Like most short story collections, some stories are hit-or-miss. I liked the direction some of the authors took with the Ouija prompt. My favorites in this collection are Kristi DeMeester's "YESNOGOODBYE", Matthew M. Bartlett's "Deep Into the Skin", David Templeton's "Questions and Answers" and Nadia Bulkin's "May You Live in Interesting Times." The other stories weren't bad, I just didn't find them very memorable.
jo_in_bookland's review
2.0
I had high expectations from this collection of short stories, but I didn't care for the majority of them, even DNF'd two of them.
There were 3 standouts though:
Weegee, Weegee, Tell Me Do by Anya Martin
Pins by S. P. Miskowski
Haruspicate or Scry by Orrin Grey
I'll be looking to read more from these authors.
There were 3 standouts though:
Weegee, Weegee, Tell Me Do by Anya Martin
Pins by S. P. Miskowski
Haruspicate or Scry by Orrin Grey
I'll be looking to read more from these authors.
prettyinpapercuts's review
2.0
Some of the stories in this collection were okay, but the majority where slow and not so interesting. it's nuts that it took me almost two weeks to finish a 200 page book.
micahcastle's review
4.0
Tales from a Talking Board is a collection of fourteen weird and horror stories on the odd, for-kids-but-not-really board game, the Ouija Board. Each story has a different weird or chilling take on the Ouija Board, and the introduction by Ross Lockhart is very informative on the history of the Ouija/Talking Board, which I really enjoyed.
While all stories found within are good, there are a few that are my favorite: Kristi DeMeester's "YesNoGoodBye", Nathan Caron's "When the Evil Days Come Not", Tiffany Scandal's "Grief", Matthew M. Bartlett's "Deep into the Skin", David Templeton's "Questions and Answers", and Orrin Grey's "Haruspicate or Scry."
While all stories found within are good, there are a few that are my favorite: Kristi DeMeester's "YesNoGoodBye", Nathan Caron's "When the Evil Days Come Not", Tiffany Scandal's "Grief", Matthew M. Bartlett's "Deep into the Skin", David Templeton's "Questions and Answers", and Orrin Grey's "Haruspicate or Scry."
bookteafull's review
1.0
DNF’ed
Made it to the third short story and it just wasn’t entertaining or even well written tbh. The stories I read were dull, basic, and had no sense of plot. It’s like a group of authors came together and wrote ‘words, words, words, Ouija, words, words, devil, words, goodbye.’
Made it to the third short story and it just wasn’t entertaining or even well written tbh. The stories I read were dull, basic, and had no sense of plot. It’s like a group of authors came together and wrote ‘words, words, words, Ouija, words, words, devil, words, goodbye.’
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