A review by thomaswjoyce
The Visible Filth by Nathan Ballingrud

5.0

Yup. Definitely creepy as hell. This story was brought to my attention by the This Is Horror podcast (operated by the same people who published Mr. Ballingrud's novelette) and I have only just gotten round to reading it. It is an atmospheric story, complete with a realistic setting and well written characters (taken from the author's own past experiences). I had a vague idea of where the story was headed due to what I had gleaned from his interview on the podcast but then I was grabbed by his writing and I just couldn't put it down. The pressure just builds right up to the finale and then...well, let's just say, the visual horror depicted by his prose will stay with you. And there's not a damn thing you can do about it!