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A review by anaveragelife
Midnight in the Graveyard by John Everson, Chad Lutzke, Thomas F. Monteleone
4.0
Midnight In The Graveyard is a fantastic compilation of authors both favoured and new to me. 25 stories ranging from classic style haunted houses and of course cemeteries to bizarro occurences and phenomena.
Janz gives us the perfect mood setting foreword, I could picture him sitting in an armchair by a fireplace in dim lighting. Anyone remember tales of the crypt keeper? That's the vibe.
I won't take you through each and every short story, instead here's a few highlights of my favourites.
Devils Dip a brilliant short story to open on- quick, snappy and dread building. Three men pick up an uninvited traveller by the roadside.
Euphemia Christie by Catherine Cavendish makes for a great little atmospheric haunting surrounding a tragic family history.
Holes In The Fabric
Definitely one of my favourites in the anthology. Reading this terrifying undead cult story transported me straight into the body of main character Norma. Absolutely fantastic writing, an author new-to-me that I'll be looking out for in future.
Dog Days
I enjoyed this format. A tale of inexplicably deranged dogs, told via a series of letters written over a fifty year span and found in various crevices of one house. I read this with one wary eye on my own puppy sat at my feet!
Drown
As expected Hunter added a gem to Midnight's crown with his ghost hunter B&B story. Original and fun, I loved the backstory of the ghosts too.
Putpocket
The opposite of a pickpocket! A london thief reformed in the afterlife- with a heartbreaking secret.
Bettor's Edge
A soul sinker this one. Sometimes human actions really are the scariest of all! Of course the vengeful spirit only heightens the terror here.
Portrait
Kealen ends the anthology with a BANG that resounded with me long after I closed the pages.
For someone who struggles to finish anthologies I can easily say this is the best I've ever read. I thoroughly enjoyed almost every story written.
I say almost... the necrophiliac erotica wasn't really for me.
Otherwise a must have for any horror fanatic.
Janz gives us the perfect mood setting foreword, I could picture him sitting in an armchair by a fireplace in dim lighting. Anyone remember tales of the crypt keeper? That's the vibe.
I won't take you through each and every short story, instead here's a few highlights of my favourites.
Devils Dip a brilliant short story to open on- quick, snappy and dread building. Three men pick up an uninvited traveller by the roadside.
Euphemia Christie by Catherine Cavendish makes for a great little atmospheric haunting surrounding a tragic family history.
Holes In The Fabric
Definitely one of my favourites in the anthology. Reading this terrifying undead cult story transported me straight into the body of main character Norma. Absolutely fantastic writing, an author new-to-me that I'll be looking out for in future.
Dog Days
I enjoyed this format. A tale of inexplicably deranged dogs, told via a series of letters written over a fifty year span and found in various crevices of one house. I read this with one wary eye on my own puppy sat at my feet!
Drown
As expected Hunter added a gem to Midnight's crown with his ghost hunter B&B story. Original and fun, I loved the backstory of the ghosts too.
Putpocket
The opposite of a pickpocket! A london thief reformed in the afterlife- with a heartbreaking secret.
Bettor's Edge
A soul sinker this one. Sometimes human actions really are the scariest of all! Of course the vengeful spirit only heightens the terror here.
Portrait
Kealen ends the anthology with a BANG that resounded with me long after I closed the pages.
For someone who struggles to finish anthologies I can easily say this is the best I've ever read. I thoroughly enjoyed almost every story written.
I say almost... the necrophiliac erotica wasn't really for me.
Otherwise a must have for any horror fanatic.