A review by degroovy
With Teeth: Horror Stories by Christian Wallis by Christian Wallis

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

With Teeth is a horror anthology by frequent R/nosleep author Christian Wallis and the strength of his imagination is on full display here. The compendium bundles up a R/nosleep post in the form of the story Pretend Play as well as twelve other ghastly, ghoulish stories, all of which felt strikingly original. I never thought I would find myself terrified of a mobile church building but here I stand. Wallis is creative, visceral, and quite good at crafting a good horror tale of both grounded or existential origins. 

There were really only one or two stories I really disliked, all the rest of them were at worst fun, at best terrific. If you like eldritch gods, dark forgotten and forbidden places of the world, creatures from other dimensions, forlorn arctic wastes, or terrors from the deep sea then I strongly recommend you check this anthology out, it's a fast, entertaining read that will stick with you. My list of favorite to least favorite stories are as follows:

The Bunker
The Hunt
My Eldritch Friends
A Better Place
The Workshop
Pretend Play
Annedale
Zolg
The Temple in the Lake
The Dealer
The Derelict
A Private Exhibition
Pompilidae