What would you do if you could go back to your youth? The book Summoner of Sleep by A.I. Winters explores just that through a horrific fountain of youth and what humans will do to obtain that vitality.
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A Walk in a Darker Wood is a collection of folk horror stories, poetry, and art from new and emerging authors.
Each story has a picture associated, showing a deeper aspect of that story. I really loved the listed goat-man to the right. It showcases more than just the goat itself. It identifies the story as canvas. I also loved the double cat picture. It opens me up for the intensity of the story “Therein Lies a Tail” by Duan Pesice. This cat story is very unlike the rest of the book. It didn’t really feel like horror to me, but I’m sure if I was a cat, I would have been more scared.
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By Elizabeth Suggs
Hope Screams Eternal is a collection featuring over two dozen horror, sci-fi, and fantasy short stories, flash fiction, and poems. This anthology was edited and published by the hosts of the Unsettling Reads Podcast: H Dair Brown and Robin Knabel. Be sure to check out Robin’s guest post: Hope Screams Eternal: An Unsettling Reads Anthology on the Collective Tales Publishing blog.
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Boarded Windows, Dead Leaves by Michael Jess Alexander is a short story horror collection with nine stories.
I enjoyed these stories because they brought on a refreshing take to stories we may have thought we knew. For instance, I really enjoyed “Werewolf Cemetery,” which feels like it’s going to be any old werewolf story from the title, but man, was that a ride! The depth to which Alexander can dig into in such a short amount of time, explaining a character so profoundly, made for a great read.
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