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A review by jaclyn_sixminutesforme
Hydrophobia by Cary Herwig, Péter Molnár, Kenneth C. Goldman, Shemeeka Howard, Kevin J. Kennedy, Tenebrae Rick, Calvin Demmer, Deborah Davitt, Kristina Griffant, Izzy Lee, Robert Freese, C.S. Anderson, Marc Sorondo, Lance Fling, Donelle Pardee Whiting, Ash Hartwell, Weston Kincade, David Court, Lisa Vasquez, H.R. Arswyd, William Stuart, Kenneth W. Cain, Nicholas Day, David Hoenig, Megan N. Watson, Alex S. Johnston, Lillian Csernica, Jaennifer Loring, Jeffrey B. Burton, Alan Baxter, Rick Powell, Lisa Lane, Jason Morton
2.0
🌟🌟 💫 This was a collection of hit and miss stories (mostly miss), and for me the majority just didn’t hit the mark - as a disclaimer, horror is not a genre I typically read.
I did find a few stories that I quite enjoyed:
- The Dust by William Stuart (which is also the story closest in plot to Houston and Hurricane Harvey - and I thought the concept of the dust was quite quirky and original);
- In The Shadow of the Equine by Kenneth W. Cain (this legitimately creeped me out and the ending was pretty epic! I liked that it still left you wondering a bit though!);
- The Last Wish of Seymour Moss by Robert Freese (I thought this was a unique take on what could have been a predictable genie narrative);
- High Tide Coming by Kenneth C Goldman (while i didn’t like the ending and think it would have been more effective without the final section, I liked the pacing of this one)
I did bear in mind that this collection was compiled within two weeks in order to raise funds for the Hurricane Harvey victims, and the editors are to commended for the effort. However, there were a few formatting/editing issues that i think are worth pointing out (in case edits can be made to a future edition)... the title page for many of the stories has the incorrect header. Also, The Soul Fish by Jeffrey B Burton just ends mid sentence (a friend who I buddy read this with was advised it was a print error when she inquired about it...) which kind of ruined the experience of that story not knowing how it ended!
I did find a few stories that I quite enjoyed:
- The Dust by William Stuart (which is also the story closest in plot to Houston and Hurricane Harvey - and I thought the concept of the dust was quite quirky and original);
- In The Shadow of the Equine by Kenneth W. Cain (this legitimately creeped me out and the ending was pretty epic! I liked that it still left you wondering a bit though!);
- The Last Wish of Seymour Moss by Robert Freese (I thought this was a unique take on what could have been a predictable genie narrative);
- High Tide Coming by Kenneth C Goldman (while i didn’t like the ending and think it would have been more effective without the final section, I liked the pacing of this one)
I did bear in mind that this collection was compiled within two weeks in order to raise funds for the Hurricane Harvey victims, and the editors are to commended for the effort. However, there were a few formatting/editing issues that i think are worth pointing out (in case edits can be made to a future edition)... the title page for many of the stories has the incorrect header. Also, The Soul Fish by Jeffrey B Burton just ends mid sentence (a friend who I buddy read this with was advised it was a print error when she inquired about it...) which kind of ruined the experience of that story not knowing how it ended!