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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Cannibalism, Death of parent
Lights: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Be Not Afraid: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
All My Best Friends Are Dead: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Teeth Come Out At Night: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I Love Your Eyes: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Landscape of Broken Things: DNF
The Consumption of Vienna Montrose: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Mother Daughter and the Devil: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Papa Pearlie: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
No Harm Done: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Be Not Afraid: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
All My Best Friends Are Dead: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Teeth Come Out At Night: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I Love Your Eyes: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Landscape of Broken Things: DNF
The Consumption of Vienna Montrose: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
Mother Daughter and the Devil: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Papa Pearlie: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
No Harm Done: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
‘All These Sunken Souls’ is an exploration of black horror, created for a young adult audience. Some of the short stories were hit or miss for me, but that’s part of the beauty of a collection. If you enjoyed ‘Out There Screaming’, I highly recommend checking out this short story collection. A few standouts for me were:
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‘Lights’ by Kalynn Baryon is a fantastic way to kick off this anthology! My expectations were quickly subverted, which is exactly what I enjoy in a short story.
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‘Be Not Afraid’ by Ashia Monet is another standout for me. I was not sure what was coming next, but I loved the story.
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I was on the edge of my seat the entire time I was reading ‘All My Best Friends Are Dead’ by Liselle Sambury. This as a full length novel would be so interesting!
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While, ‘I Love Your Eyes’ is on the longer side, I was so shocked several times. This story is so twisted, in ways you don’t expect until you’re reading them on the page.
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‘No Harm Done’ by Circe Moskowitz is the BEST way I could have imagined this collection to end. I need this as a full length novel NOW!!
dark
fast-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
A solid anthology!!! I preferred the first half’s stories to the second half for the most part(whew the last story was intense though), but although 2-3 of them didn’t land as hard imo, none of them were terrible. Overall this was a great time with some genuinely creepy writing, and I liked how every subgenre was captured in this collection!!
My favorites were “Lights”, “I Love Your Eyes”, and “All My Best Friends Are Dead”.
My favorites were “Lights”, “I Love Your Eyes”, and “All My Best Friends Are Dead”.