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A review by catsluvcoffee
The Corpse Garden by S.H. Cooper
4.0
This collection of 14 short stories by S. H. Cooper was a treat. There's no hesitation or false starts as the author places the reader directly into the meat of the story. Her narrative is deliberate and eerie as she weaves her characters in dark and twisty ways, bestowing an almost campfire tale feel on all her stories. Her narrators are varied and distinct from each other. I l enjoyed all the stories but the extra shivery ones were:
In "The Way The Shadows Whisper" a little girl tells her new psychiatrist about the Shadows. Little kids are always creepy so this one was chilling.
A new house comes with an odd visitor in the form of a crow in “Murder In My Backyard”. I love how the Crow (named Poe of course) helps to solve a mystery. It's clever and sinister all at the same time.
“I Buried My Fiancé On Our Wedding Day” has a unexpected but extremely satisfying ending.
A grandson inherits an inn in “Whitemoore House” that comes with a long list of rules that must be obeyed. Haunting and bleak, this one was easy to imagine.
I haven't read such a singular compilations of short stories in a long time. There wasn't a single dud in the bunch.
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In "The Way The Shadows Whisper" a little girl tells her new psychiatrist about the Shadows. Little kids are always creepy so this one was chilling.
A new house comes with an odd visitor in the form of a crow in “Murder In My Backyard”. I love how the Crow (named Poe of course) helps to solve a mystery. It's clever and sinister all at the same time.
“I Buried My Fiancé On Our Wedding Day” has a unexpected but extremely satisfying ending.
A grandson inherits an inn in “Whitemoore House” that comes with a long list of rules that must be obeyed. Haunting and bleak, this one was easy to imagine.
I haven't read such a singular compilations of short stories in a long time. There wasn't a single dud in the bunch.
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