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labunnywtf's review against another edition
4.0
You are home, Pug.
Anthologies are like neighborhood garage sales. You're not going to like everything at every house, but you can find some true gems if you're willing to look.
Christopher Golden has well established that his story neighborhoods are well stocked. And I was infinitely intrigued by the idea of this anthology, there are some well established authors in here, as well as some I've never heard of. And they're all pairing up to bring you one story. Some of these combinations are truly magical.
As with all garage sales, not all houses had something I wanted. But I'm beyond certain that the person coming up the drive behind me is going to love them. There's one story in here that was kind of overwrought and not interesting to me in the least, but lovers of the more fantasy side are going to dig it big time.
I am of the opinion that what scares you in real life is what makes you love a horror novel. I'm scared of everything, but it's really, really hard for me to find a horror story that scares me. Movies are easy, because you have the visuals and the jump scares and the DUN DUN DUN music. I have loads of sympathy for authors of horror, because it takes so much work to really make it good.
Calculating Route (by Michael Koryta & Jeffrey David Greene) scared the piss out of me. It didn't help that I listened to it while driving, with occasional GPS interruption of the narration, in dark neighborhoods. I'm afraid of the dark. I'm afraid of getting lost. And I'm afraid of using GPS to go somewhere I'm unfamiliar with, and it getting me terribly, unbelievably lost.
Yeah. That story gave me a serious case of the heebie jeebies.
Also, why were there two damn stories featuring noses being cut off? Why? Why would you do that to me? Why?
I didn't pay much attention to the authors of the short stories when queuing up the audiobook. When I added it on GR, I spotted one in particular, and made a very careful note to listen for that story introduction.
A lot of these authors I've heard of but never read. I'm interesting in reading more by a lot. The story written by Amber Benson and Jeffrey J. Mariotte was amazing and gross and disturbing. I love Amber Benson to death, both acting and her writing, so I was doubly pleased that the story she co-wrote was my favorite after Calculating Route. So gross. So disturbing. So good.
A highly recommendable book. Though keep in mind that, as with all neighborhood garage sales, there are some roads you never need to drive down. Sometimes you just skip them because you know who they are, and you know their history.
Anthologies are like neighborhood garage sales. You're not going to like everything at every house, but you can find some true gems if you're willing to look.
Christopher Golden has well established that his story neighborhoods are well stocked. And I was infinitely intrigued by the idea of this anthology, there are some well established authors in here, as well as some I've never heard of. And they're all pairing up to bring you one story. Some of these combinations are truly magical.
As with all garage sales, not all houses had something I wanted. But I'm beyond certain that the person coming up the drive behind me is going to love them. There's one story in here that was kind of overwrought and not interesting to me in the least, but lovers of the more fantasy side are going to dig it big time.
I am of the opinion that what scares you in real life is what makes you love a horror novel. I'm scared of everything, but it's really, really hard for me to find a horror story that scares me. Movies are easy, because you have the visuals and the jump scares and the DUN DUN DUN music. I have loads of sympathy for authors of horror, because it takes so much work to really make it good.
Calculating Route (by Michael Koryta & Jeffrey David Greene) scared the piss out of me. It didn't help that I listened to it while driving, with occasional GPS interruption of the narration, in dark neighborhoods. I'm afraid of the dark. I'm afraid of getting lost. And I'm afraid of using GPS to go somewhere I'm unfamiliar with, and it getting me terribly, unbelievably lost.
Yeah. That story gave me a serious case of the heebie jeebies.
Also, why were there two damn stories featuring noses being cut off? Why? Why would you do that to me? Why?
I didn't pay much attention to the authors of the short stories when queuing up the audiobook. When I added it on GR, I spotted one in particular, and made a very careful note to listen for that story introduction.
A lot of these authors I've heard of but never read. I'm interesting in reading more by a lot. The story written by Amber Benson and Jeffrey J. Mariotte was amazing and gross and disturbing. I love Amber Benson to death, both acting and her writing, so I was doubly pleased that the story she co-wrote was my favorite after Calculating Route. So gross. So disturbing. So good.
A highly recommendable book. Though keep in mind that, as with all neighborhood garage sales, there are some roads you never need to drive down. Sometimes you just skip them because you know who they are, and you know their history.
nickystrickland's review against another edition
3.0
Really liked the concept for this anthology and have enjoyed Christopher Golden's works along with quite a few of the authors who contributed. However, found it a bit hit/miss with the stories.
sarahsthoughtsonbooks's review
dark
Only read the Sarah MacLean and Carrie Ann Ryan story. It was dark - there was no HEA. 😢
andimontgomery's review against another edition
2.0
Meh. I read probably half of these in their entirety; the other half didn't catch my interest enough to finish. My absolute favorite was Trip Trap (the first one).
13burkhart's review against another edition
5.0
wasn't too keen on the last story, but most of them were really good.
shogins's review against another edition
2.0
This collection of horror short stories was not for me. Horror's not my favorite genre in the first place, but none of these stories stuck with me, even the ones by authors I like.
beammey's review
3.0
I didn't like this book as much as I thought I would. It was entertaining and some stories were better than others (which is always going to happen with an anthology), but I just couldn't connect with any of the stories as much as I would have liked. I would recommend this book to those that like horror stories though. 3 out of 5 stars.