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Haunted Nights by Ellen Datlow, Lisa Morton

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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β—† With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfsbane Seeds by Seanan McGuire

(skipped)

β—† Dirtmouth by Stephen Graham Jones
minor emetophobia,  marital infidelity?, hunting, gore, death,
medium mental health / post partum depression, child death
major missing persons / tragic disappearances. pregnancy, childbirth,


β—† A Small Taste of the Old Country by Jonathan Maberry
using nazis as main characters is disgusting. skipped

β—† Wick’s End by Joanna Parypinski
minor hells angels,
medium alcohol,
major smoking tobacco,

β—† The Seventeen-Year Itch by Garth Nix
medium murder, sharps, gore,
major hospital, off screen self harm, amputation, hand trauma foot trauma mouth trauma, psychiatric abuse / psychiatric institutions

β—† A Flicker of Light on Devil’s Night by Kate Jonez
minor self harm,
medium white people with dreadlocks wtf, sharps, childhood bullying, unsanitary, drugs, major anti black racism and xenophobia, minor pedophilia
major off screen arson, child abuse

note: major anti black racism in this story

β—† Witch Hazel by Jeffrey Ford
minor potato famine genocide, snakes, poison, widowing, drowning,

medium fire, murder, child death, medical situation, insects, body horror, medical malpractice, child death, childbirth

major dogs, guns,

β—† Nos Galan Gaeaf by Kelley Armstrong
medium gore, body horror, childhood bullying,
major murder, ableism towards those with OCD,

β—† We’re Never Inviting Amber Again by S. P. Miskowski
minor schools, smoking tobacco, gore,
major ableism towards mental illness, alcohol,

Small note every one in this story is white and privileged and I wouldn't mind that if something actually bad happened to then.

β—† Sisters by Brian Evenson
minor murder, child death, medical abuse,
medium dogs,
major alcoholism, parasites

β—† All Through the Night by Elise Forier Edie
medium murder, bone fractures, gore,

author used explicit racial slurs, I'm skipping this one no further cws

β—† A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds by Eric J. Guignard
medium child abandonment, alcoholism, drugs peyote, weed, tobacco, homophobia, homophobic slurs q slur, f slur, violence, hate crime,
Major homophobia, hate crimes and murder,

This was written by a white cis man who is married to a woman and has children. Not sure if they're cishet but I'm going to assume the worst and say this is microwaved leftovers made of cooked sewage.

β—† The Turn by Paul Kane
major stalking, paranoia, murder,

β—† Jack by Pat Cadigan
minor fire
major manipulation,

β—† Lost in the Dark by John Langan
minor guns, ableism, xenophobia, blood, animal death,

medium alcohol / taverns,gore, murder, schools / colleges, heavy non explicit child abuse, unsanitary, dogs, eye horror, eye trauma, animal death, animal gore,

major misogyny throughout plot in general but nothing gratuitous, police repeat mentions, blood, gore, murder, death, child abuse,

This is one of the few stories I liked. I confess I'm a sucker for unusual story telling. A plot related solely through interviews of random people? Fantastic. Rotating POVs that are past and present? Cool. POVs that are shown through different media like half translated runes, video transcripts, radio interviews, IMDB summaries? Neato! This scratched the horror itch I wanted, combining cheesy found footage horror with ominous open ended horror novels.

β—† The First Lunar Halloween by John R. Little
minor mass death / nuclear genocide?, child death, blood, gore,

medium death,

Best to boringest. If you must read this anthology I suggest only the 5 and 4 star stories. Especially Lost In The Dark by John Langan.
5 stars:
Lost in the Dark by John Langan
Witch Hazel by Jeffrey Ford
Jack by Pat Cadigan

4 stars:
Nos Galan Gaeaf by Kelley Armstrong
The Seventeen-Year Itch by Garth Nix
Sisters by Brian Evenson

3 stars:
Dirtmouth by Stephen Graham Jones
The First Lunar Halloween by John R. Little

2 stars:
Wick’s End by Joanna Parypinski
Dirtmouth by Stephen Graham Jones

Why The Fuck Was This Garbage Included stars:
All Through the Night by Elise Forier Edie [ explicit racial slurs? really?]
We’re Never Inviting Amber Again by S. P. Miskowski [rich white adult bullies are boring, not horror]
A Flicker of Light on Devil’s Night by Kate Jonez [racist whites exist in poverty and then nothing happens.]
A Small Taste of the Old Country by Jonathan Maberry [nazis? Are you fucking kidding me in this day and age? Fuck off.
A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds by Eric J. Guignard [gay hate crime porn written by a cis[het?] white man. No thanks]
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