My #bookreview is brief/won't spoil, to spread good, great, & spectacular #horror#books far & wide.
THIS WRETCHED VALLEY by Jenny Kiefer is one of the most satisfying and scary "survival horror" books I've read. Innocent adventuring quickly ricochets into a Thin Place nightmare where weird wilderness & horrors run amok. It's creepy, fast-paced, and a fantastic, fun book to get lost in. (Quirk Books)
They say that the music you loved at 14 years of age shapes your musical tastes for life. Those are the songs that evoke the memories you can slide into the easiest.
I feel the same things applies to books.
At 13 I had a ravenous appetite for books that took me outside of the ridiculousness of early teen emotions and situations; and catapulted me into what I considered maturity - lust, vileness, tortured souls, darkness and disparity.
"In this hefty anthology of 22 short stories originally published between 2000 and 2010, zombies run the gamut from shambling, mindless killers to transformed super-cool high school students."
One of the most interesting stories so far has been Iphigenia in Aulis by Mike Carey. Zombie children on a military base who are being schooled, in a way.
My NEVER WAKE: AN #ANTHOLOGY OF DREAM HORROR came in the mail! 😁 Sounds phantasmagoriffic.
Edited by Kenneth Cain & Tim Meyer, from Crystal Lake Publishing: out in ebook & PB on Sept 8th. You can preorder now. (Was a Kickstarter)
SOME of the talented authors include:
Joe Koch
Catherine McCarthy
Laurel Hightower
Todd Keisling
Phil Fracassi
Eric LaRocca
Gwendolyn Kist
Steve Rasnic Tem
intro by Sadie Hartmann