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sea_caummisar's review
4.0
Like most grab bag books of stories,I thought some of these tales were better than others. This is my first Triana book and I was not disappointed. There s a very interesting take on a zombie virus that made me laugh my butt off. I'm not usually a fan of ghost and supernatural stuff, but the story about a VHS rental store was probably my favorite out of all the stories. There was a couple that I thought were just kinda okay, but none of them were bad. This author does have a very interesting imagination
charm_city_sinner's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
scottneumann's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
kaladry's review
4.0
I received this book for free from the Goodreads Giveaways.
Kristopher Triana has written a masterpiece collection of horror and interesting short stories.
Some of these pieces didn't feel like horror to me but I thoroughly enjoyed every single one of them. I don't even know which one would be my favorite.
The book opens with a short story about a town flooded by a gross rain that is transforming the children and unborn babies into flesh eating monsters.
The second is about a group of survivors in the zombie apocolypse and one of them becomes infected and wants to eat the others. Then he survives the virus and he and the others like him begin a new cannibalistic religion.
The third short story is about a father who pushes his son to be a man so much so that the son becomes crazed and slaughters every living thing on their dying farm.
The fourth is a very short story about two people who reunite on the anniversary they killed someone and got away with it.
The fifth was a cute story from the point of view of monsters under a 7-8 year old's bed who must succeed in scaring him or they'll be replaced by the big bad boogeymen.
The sixth was an enthralling story about a saloon being overtaken by the whores' nine babies who the owner had slaughtered.
The seventh is about a man whose mother is dying from cancer and he's returned to his hometown to see her. While she's at the hospital he goes off to meet an old lover of his who turns out to be a sort of self acclaimed succubus and he kills her instead which makes him realize he needs to be there for his mom and tells his ex girlfriend that she needs help as he has now seen crazier.
The eighth was a fantastic story about a horror movie enthusiast who sees an online ad for a vhs movie rental store. He goes there only to find it's been out of business for years and everything he sees is front but it's too late he's signed the membership agreement.....
The ninth short story is about a broken man who helps his cousin break into a pharmacy and then burns his ex fiancé's things while drugged up (he may or may not die at the end I guess that's left to our discretion?).
The final short story was very fitting, I felt. It was about two movie stars from old westerns who had died and were fighting demons in the afterlife to keep them from making time go haywire. They don't even know if this will reward them with seeing their loved ones again, but they hope.
Kristopher Triana has written a masterpiece collection of horror and interesting short stories.
Some of these pieces didn't feel like horror to me but I thoroughly enjoyed every single one of them. I don't even know which one would be my favorite.
The book opens with a short story about a town flooded by a gross rain that is transforming the children and unborn babies into flesh eating monsters.
The second is about a group of survivors in the zombie apocolypse and one of them becomes infected and wants to eat the others. Then he survives the virus and he and the others like him begin a new cannibalistic religion.
The third short story is about a father who pushes his son to be a man so much so that the son becomes crazed and slaughters every living thing on their dying farm.
The fourth is a very short story about two people who reunite on the anniversary they killed someone and got away with it.
The fifth was a cute story from the point of view of monsters under a 7-8 year old's bed who must succeed in scaring him or they'll be replaced by the big bad boogeymen.
The sixth was an enthralling story about a saloon being overtaken by the whores' nine babies who the owner had slaughtered.
The seventh is about a man whose mother is dying from cancer and he's returned to his hometown to see her. While she's at the hospital he goes off to meet an old lover of his who turns out to be a sort of self acclaimed succubus and he kills her instead which makes him realize he needs to be there for his mom and tells his ex girlfriend that she needs help as he has now seen crazier.
The eighth was a fantastic story about a horror movie enthusiast who sees an online ad for a vhs movie rental store. He goes there only to find it's been out of business for years and everything he sees is front but it's too late he's signed the membership agreement.....
The ninth short story is about a broken man who helps his cousin break into a pharmacy and then burns his ex fiancé's things while drugged up (he may or may not die at the end I guess that's left to our discretion?).
The final short story was very fitting, I felt. It was about two movie stars from old westerns who had died and were fighting demons in the afterlife to keep them from making time go haywire. They don't even know if this will reward them with seeing their loved ones again, but they hope.
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