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Stolen Tongues
by Felix Blackwell
Way back in the day, I was browsing r/nosleep on reddit, and I discovered a creepy, serialized story about voices in the dark. I was immediately hooked, and followed along with thousands of other redditors as the story took on a life of its own.
I was pretty thrilled to discover that Blackwell was going to publish the story as a single book, and when Stolen Tongues was finally released, I was all over it. It was interesting to read through it again, and to note the differences from the original, serialized format and this newly compiled and singular story. That said, it didn't lose anything for it, in my opinion.
I love this story; I love how it gives me that creepy, unsettled feeling in my stomach, and the way my spine crawls uncomfortably, even in the bright light of day. Blackwell has a knack for creating a tense and uneasy atmosphere, and I think at least a part of it is that he plays on the same fears that Freddy Kreuger did once upon a time - the helplessness of being attacked in our dreams, and being preyed upon by something we can't see lurking in the dark.
There were a couple of things about the book that didn't work for me - sometimes his word choice struck me as a bit odd and pulled me out of the story, sometimes I was annoyed at what I felt was epic stupidity on the part of the characters - but it's still one of my favourites. It takes a lot to creep me out, and this one manages quite nicely.
I was pretty thrilled to discover that Blackwell was going to publish the story as a single book, and when Stolen Tongues was finally released, I was all over it. It was interesting to read through it again, and to note the differences from the original, serialized format and this newly compiled and singular story. That said, it didn't lose anything for it, in my opinion.
I love this story; I love how it gives me that creepy, unsettled feeling in my stomach, and the way my spine crawls uncomfortably, even in the bright light of day. Blackwell has a knack for creating a tense and uneasy atmosphere, and I think at least a part of it is that he plays on the same fears that Freddy Kreuger did once upon a time - the helplessness of being attacked in our dreams, and being preyed upon by something we can't see lurking in the dark.
There were a couple of things about the book that didn't work for me - sometimes his word choice struck me as a bit odd and pulled me out of the story, sometimes I was annoyed at what I felt was epic stupidity on the part of the characters - but it's still one of my favourites. It takes a lot to creep me out, and this one manages quite nicely.