Categorie: indie story
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I want you to write a letter
Review: A therapy session Indie-writer Andrew Shanahan contacted me via TikTok (who knew that would be a place to be contacted as a bookblogger ☺️) and he asked me to read his short story ‘I want you to write a letter’, so I squished it in between all my other to-be-read (it’s short so it…
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Earworm
Review: Do not enter! How can a twelve year old be so scary? 😅This is a short with a punch! Three young teenage friends are bored so they decide to enter the abandoned Fellowe’s House. One of them, Jake, starts hearing a voice. When they leave however the voice follows him home. Before anyone can…
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Lor Gislason stories:
Inside Out Review: Gooey, grim, gloopy and bloody fun(ny) With a lot of references to a certain not-so-long ago pandemic and how people react in such situations (from the unbeliever to the religious nutcase, from the relentless scientist to the person next door. We get a range of vantage points and stories of people meeting…
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This is where we talk things out
Review: This novelette gives off serious ‘Norman Bates meets Annie Wilkes’ vibes, and I didn’t know I needed that! Am I glad I decided to take part in the read along hosted by @theindiehorrorbookclub on instagram. This story is hair-raising. Make sure you read the trigger warnings at the end of the book! Among them…
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A Puppet scorned
‘The child faced me as I lay there, I searched its visage for some semblance of puppanity, but I found none…’ That quote from this short story proves the non-conformity of this story. It’s not your everyday kind of tale written by your everyday kind of writer. But even though some reviewers find this a…
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Dark Lines: Haunting Tales of Horror
Synopsis: From the author of Ripper Country comes fifteen tales of psychological horror, each more frightening than the last. Venture into a dark and brooding world of twists and turns where things are rarely as they seem, and terror reigns supreme… A mother is haunted by an apocalyptic vision…a husband banished to the couch is…
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Ripper Country (Hardcover)
Synopsis: A darkly twisted feast of Gothic horror stories that will take you to the edge of darkness – and beyond… Welcome to RIPPER COUNTRY. A semi-alternate Victorian London where imagination runs wild and madness reigns supreme. Where the cobbled streets run red with the blood of the innocent, and unscrupulous fiends come out to…
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Red Ruin
Synopsis: Kia Kaha. Stay Strong. Two simple words that together are worth more than the sum of their parts. Forever entwined with the New Zealand city of Christchurch, they meant little to Carla Gallo, until now. As one chapter of her life closes, Carla reluctantly returns to Christchurch to find a city she doesn’t remember,…
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Anthology review ‘Devil’s Rejects’
Synopsis: When you’re a writer, rejection is just part of the process This anthology gives a second chance to twelve twisted and unsettling stories that are sure to satisfy any fan of indie horror. Featuring stories by Jeremy Megargee, Jamie Stewart, Grace R. Reynolds, Marcus Hawke, Miguel Gonçalves, Jacob Ian Decoursey, Kay Hanifen, Nikki R.…
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No Strings
Synopsis: Jamie Stewart, the author who took you to Montague’s Carnival of Delights and Terror, presents a wicked tale of what happens when we sever the strings that bind us. No Strings is the story of Lyra, a child that is used to getting what she wants no matter what and what she wants right…
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