Recently, I have been struggling with a bad reading slump for almost a year due to some career decisions and a lack of time. To bounce back from such a slump, I depend on short stories. Especially from the horror genre. That is when I got hold of yet another Blair Daniels book.
The dead husband of a lady keeps texting her while a lady is stuck in a youtube ad. A lady encounters a mandatory smile zone in a city while another lady gets into a ruckus with the owner of a beat down rusty cabin on google reviews. While a person hosts a party in a haunted house yet another person is employed in her aunt's thrift shop where she encounters strange things.
As usual, the author provides some interesting ideas as stories. This is one of the main factors that makes me seek out more of Blair's books. She does not disappoint this time either. Not all the stories have hit the right mark, but the ideas amaze me nevertheless. We get a feel of reading a bunch of creepypasta stories by finishing the book. Most of the stories are very short with no start or end. They are just presented as a couple of scenes, which might irk some readers. There are only two stories that seem to cover a few pages, and they did impress me. The reading is simple and can be finished within a couple of hours. I would not say the book is scary, but there are instances where a few stories can be a little creepy. As I told earlier, some stories were total misses for me. At the same time, some of them did find their mark.
Horror short stories have always enthralled me with their crazy storylines and the thrill they give me whenever I read them. This book also gives me the same experience, even though there are a few stories that missed their mark. A decent enough read from Blair Daniels that would satisfy horror readers.
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