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motherhorror's review
4.0
BITS is the story of a middle school teacher who is feeling invisible. To make things worse, parts of her body are casually coming loose and then...falling off. Nadie Denneby is falling apart.
Earlier this year, I read a story called HOLES by R. A. Busby in an anthology called, GRAVEYARD SMASH. Here is what I had to say about it at the time,
"HOLES by R. A. Busby- Perfect "first story" because it's fast-paced and deals with a fairly well-known fear, trypophobia (of which I am a sufferer). This is the tale of a woman who suffers a fear of holes. She embarks on a series of therapeutic attempts to lessen or eliminate her fear but to no avail. This has a great ending."
I'm mentioning it for this review of BITS because the fear-factor is strikingly familiar. There's an insidious, psychological subtly about both stories. HOLES tapped a phobia of mine and now BITS just manufactured a new phobia! Not cool!
I was halfway through BITS when my eyes got droopy and I went to sleep--I dreamed about my teeth loosening and ultimately falling out! It was terrifying. Busby got in my head. This is a great short story. Busby's brand of horror is specifically suited to me.
Earlier this year, I read a story called HOLES by R. A. Busby in an anthology called, GRAVEYARD SMASH. Here is what I had to say about it at the time,
"HOLES by R. A. Busby- Perfect "first story" because it's fast-paced and deals with a fairly well-known fear, trypophobia (of which I am a sufferer). This is the tale of a woman who suffers a fear of holes. She embarks on a series of therapeutic attempts to lessen or eliminate her fear but to no avail. This has a great ending."
I'm mentioning it for this review of BITS because the fear-factor is strikingly familiar. There's an insidious, psychological subtly about both stories. HOLES tapped a phobia of mine and now BITS just manufactured a new phobia! Not cool!
I was halfway through BITS when my eyes got droopy and I went to sleep--I dreamed about my teeth loosening and ultimately falling out! It was terrifying. Busby got in my head. This is a great short story. Busby's brand of horror is specifically suited to me.
lilyn_g's review
4.0
Oh, now I liked this one. It got under my skin in a delightful sort of way. A forgetting that I hadn't read about before. I found myself hoping that it ended well for the MC.
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