UNTO THE EARTH by Patrick. C. Greene:
This little stunner
of a story was in Wrapped in Black – so if you love Witches and the Occult this
will be the book for you!
Landon and his
beautiful wife, Agnes, who makes a wonderful Voodoo dinner, if only the dog
would shut up, the cable wasn’t off and Aggy would stop ordering all the
magazines in French!
DADDY’S GLASSES by Allison M. Dickson:
Wrapped in White is full
of Ghostly goings on and this is the first to set you off with the shudders.
Loved the southern twang
to the story. An early baby death sets the tone for this nightmare riddled
story.
So much death in one
family but AMD also manages to show what happens in “real” life as families
stretch, change and lose contact.
However, when a blast
from the past arrives in a little wooden box the narrator of this story gets a
full front seat to the true horror of human nature.
MY BOSS IS A VAMPIRE by Michael David Matula:
From the Wrapped in Red
(Vampires!) book this tale is my favourite combo – horror and humour.
From the first few lines
I was treated to smirk worthy narrative; turkey Voodoo curses abound. Oh what a
treat to end on, this left me with such a smile! Fantastic story with a real
kick in the fangs!
HÄXENHAUS by Nick Kimbro:
Another scary
short from the Wrapped in Black set, this is full on Witches so hold on to your
britches (sorry I couldn’t help it!)
eeeek at the
torturous instruments described and explained.
Our narrator, Kramer, is close to a house that is prison to witches, a place
that has turned confession, torture and suffering into an art.
The witch that killed his child is now dead but what parting gift did she leave
him. To say I really enjoyed this story would make me sound perverted, but then
I love horror! And this has multiple elements to it.
To wish suffering on others, is that human nature? Whatever, it was brilliantly
written and certainly deserves its place in this black anthology.
INSEPARABLE by Solomon Archer, Ph.D.:
The
second treat from the Ghostly based book Wrapped in White.
The first paragraph left me feeling nauseated, such was the portrayal of
devastation and lost come to physical being.
As you continue to be dragged down the rabbit hole of depression that has a
dream like edge to it, I was wondering where the spooky would be in this well
penned tale.
I need not have worried as the very last line sent such shivers down my spine I
needed to stop reading for a while. Brilliant.
DADDY USED TO DRINK TOO MUCH by Michael G. Williams:
Wrapped in Red brings you
another fabulous story but this is a tale so full of woe I was left a little
bereft and the end.
Lots of blood and some
fangs, but also tons of emotion. Such a sad way to start the book. The way MGW
described the whole setting was also very corporeal.
BEAUTIFUL, BROKEN THINGS by Rose Blackthorn:
Back to the Witches with this little treat.
Trey with his mantra of clean now. Trey has done something that requires penance. He has
lost much too, and he appears to be paying. The world he lives in miserable;
dull, grey and dirty.
Ciara gives the illusion of colour, and such gorgeous
descriptions of colour given by the author, I was mesmerized.
This is a sad tale, with the lesson of being careful
what you wish for. Wonderful.
THE CURSE OF KIRBY by Patrick C. Greene:
Ghosties strike
again in this brilliant addition to the Wrapped in White set.
Poor Dawson he can’t
seem to get any peace with Butthole the cat pooping everywhere or scratching
him to hell, not to mention his wonderful party hard neighbours.
Mendelbaum, his
only other sane neighbour, is also having a hard time sleeping. Then they meet
Abigail and Kirby; a mischievous ghost! and a plan is hatched.
However, as is
always with hauntings there are dark currents and secrets, and with PCG you can
always expect some even darker comments, not forgetting the gore, always lots
of gore! But funny gore!
A fantastic
climactic and grin worthy ending.
VERMILION by Bryan W. Alaspa:
Vampires come back for
another bite (Wrapped in Red) I know, sorry!
The back story is
inspired in its telling, BWA does not think us readers are fools, instead he
continues to be eloquent in his revealing of the story.
As the climax comes
nothing is given away until the last moment, then it is final. Awesome story
and fantastic writing style.
SHE MAKES MY SKIN CRAWL by Shenoa Carroll-Bradd:
Time for those Witches to
freak you out again!
To take a common saying
and place a story around it, awesome!!
“Her” small but powerful
punishments result in bloody bags of stuff, stuff from Jaime, skin from Jaime,
skin that goes crawling on its own!! Even Jaime’s own bath tub was gagging at
the revolting descriptions and imagery.
AIN’T THEY BRIGHT by Cecilia Dockins:
The final Spectral
entry in this bonus introduction for the Wrapped in series.
In the world of Nursing and Medicine I found myself
nodding and understanding all the pressures that CD was portraying.
Even with a busy shift it seems Hell has followed our
narrator into work.
I was left a little perplexed by this story, maybe it
was too close to home.
NIGHTBOUND by Patrick C. Greene:
Sad to see the last
in the Vampire themed set but PCG starts the story so well you can't help but
want harm to come to these "bad" men, he continues to heap nastiness
upon them but gives a sense of spook once in the house, you can feel the blood
suckers coming. The first kill is amazing, it was so visual.
The criminals really get
what they deserved, some smirking great humour.
HAIR SHIRT DRAG by Gordon White:
A brilliant finale
to not only the Wrapped in Black but this Holiday Wrappings.
Jesse, or Sissy to
his non-friends, is a backwoods, Southern, effeminate, cross-dressing Witch and
is even a little strange even for each of those sub groups. He comes from a
long line of Overhold women who have the “gift”, each use and supply it in
various odd ways but the outcomes are all the same.
The town has come to Jesse’s Momma house to help her with some “medicine”, the
initiation of her son, who should have been a girl.
However Jesse is splendid in his hand me down Hair Shirt and as the townsfolk
turn upon him, his beauty explodes around them. Fantastic build-up, great
finale and brilliant start to this anthology.
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