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Warning Signs
by Jack Harding
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Warning Signs is the third collection from Jack Harding, it consists of thirteen stories of psychological horror. Warning Signs is on the surface different from his other collections, although there were hints of this kind of horror in Dark Lines.
These stories hit close to home as they are very grounded, not always in the stories themselves but most certainly in the psychological aspects the characters are going through. This makes the fear experienced in these stories more intense, and they stick with you afterwards because a lot of what the characters are experiencing mentally, emotionally or physically happens in the real world.
Slight spoiler ahead!
I mentioned in my review for Dark Lines that I felt personally attacked by some of the stories due to them covering real life fears I have or experiences I’ve went through and of course it happened again with Warning Signs, with one of the stories hitting me hard. My stepdad died a couple of years ago playing golf...As soon as I started ‘The Rub of the Green’ I knew where it was going, such a bittersweet story for me as I enjoyed it but it kind of hurt reading it.
All these stories are great so it feels unfair picking favourites out but I already mentioned The Rub of the Green due to the connection I feel to it. The others that stand out for me are The Last Stop, The Rails and In His Eyes.
Another excellent collection from Jack Harding.
These stories hit close to home as they are very grounded, not always in the stories themselves but most certainly in the psychological aspects the characters are going through. This makes the fear experienced in these stories more intense, and they stick with you afterwards because a lot of what the characters are experiencing mentally, emotionally or physically happens in the real world.
Slight spoiler ahead!
I mentioned in my review for Dark Lines that I felt personally attacked by some of the stories due to them covering real life fears I have or experiences I’ve went through and of course it happened again with Warning Signs, with one of the stories hitting me hard. My stepdad died a couple of years ago playing golf...As soon as I started ‘The Rub of the Green’ I knew where it was going, such a bittersweet story for me as I enjoyed it but it kind of hurt reading it.
All these stories are great so it feels unfair picking favourites out but I already mentioned The Rub of the Green due to the connection I feel to it. The others that stand out for me are The Last Stop, The Rails and In His Eyes.
Another excellent collection from Jack Harding.