De mis menos favoritos, "Las anguilas cantoras" resalta: para mí fue una narración bastante liosa y por ello no conseguía meterme en la historia, la estaba leyendo más como espectador que experimentándola. Unless I am mistaken, they all seem to be set in the past - 18th and 19th Century and early 20th. These times seem to lend themselves well to the eery and the mysterious. But now it's made me wonder what a short horror story like this but set in modern times would be like. I can't see it being the same. With electricity and lights and the Internet and mobile phones, that doesn't sound nearly as mysterious as candlelight and the wind and eery silences. is the Victorian Woman not done yet. are we not tired. have we not gotten bored. has collective fatigue not set in. what is it that is keeping people doing all this please i would love to know My library system didn’t have the audio version for this, although Audible does have it. The clip sounded good, but as this was a fairly short book, I decided to read the print version, and enjoy that glorious new book smell.

I don’t usually reach for short stories, but after Katie at Books and Things on YouTube raved about this collection of spooky shorts, I decided to try it. I’m glad I did! Nonostante la mancanza di vibes festosi, questa raccolta compensa con altro: le novelle saranno sì oscure e pesanti, ma trasmettono un senso di soffocamento e tensione fin troppo logorante per essere ignorato. In particolare: L’inquilina di casa Thwaite, La sedia di Chillingham, i Sempreverde di Natale e Isolamento. Il primo e l’ultimo che ho citato sono a mio avviso una spanna sopra agli altri. Non solo descrivono della condizione della donna e della violenza domestica, ma sono stati davvero un boccone amaro da mandare giù. I will try to review it while I'm reading it. Because it's unfair to give different authors a cumulative review so I want to give a small opinion about every single story. But.. the language used in the narrative doesn’t come across as authentic. There’s too much of an effort to make it relevant to modern times. 2/5 The Hanging of the Greens' uses the device I hate most, i. e., the dog dies. It was creepy at times, but mostly revolting.

Confinement'. I was reading this story in a hospital and the story mentions blood endlessly, - it influenced my aversion to it. But also it's about a really cruel and ugly witch - obviously, I am not a fan of this kind of misrepresentation. (It surprised me in a book I would otherwise call pro-woman). Again, the 'good' woman is treated here in a cruelly restrictive manner, which was painful to read about - not at all an enjoyable read for me. Grab some mulled wine and a warm blanket, and get ready for a night in with some of your favourite modern gothic and horror authors. This collection of 12 Christmas stories all take place at Yuletide, or advent, but with such a uniquely dark flair that makes something absolutely captivating. It's both deliriously spooky and oddly cosy at the same time; with familiar themes but wrapped up totally differently as we explore remote highlands, dark rooms and seemingly stately homes. Monster” is a gem, featuring an ambitious explorer who will stop at nothing to find a set of fossils for a species that has never been discovered before. Along the way, he loses sight of himself and those around him, and he pays dearly for his obsession with attaining fame and fortune. This one is a perfect ending to a chilling, ghostly book. Ed does not like Christmas time and when David asks him why - Ed tells him a story of something that happened to him more than half of his life ago when he was twenty-seven years old. Ed recounts how he was so sure of his path at the parish hall and to help people who needed his help. One such person was Joe Gull who tells him a story about how he is on the brink of death and he wants to do right by the people he's wronged. Ed helps him by writing letters to some people and by visiting some of them. But when he gets to a couple Joe wronged, Ed finds out something that shakes him to his core and shakes all his beliefs too.

Considering how much of a wuss I am, I really enjoyed reading The Haunting Season - also done in this format - and was thrilled to see a new collection coming out. Two of my favourite authors have stories in this book (Laura Purcell and Kiran Millwood-Hargrave), but the rest each has at least one book sitting on my TBR shelf right now. Getting the opportunity to sample the writing of Bridget Collins, Imogen Hermes Gowar, Andrew Michael Hurley, Jess Kidd, Elizabeth Macneal, and Natasha Pulley was an absolute treat. Another creepy story for the collection. This didn't have a whole lot of answers but worked rather well given the spine-chilling atmosphere this collection has.Honoria has a special talent in carving fans for those who only want the best. But just what material is she using to create such decadent pieces? The idea of this appeals; mid-1800s and a young woman is in the run from her abusive husband with her 5 year old son. Her father tries to help by providing a remote refuge on a moon.