They Lurk
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2.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
COME CLOSER . . .
Five terrifying collected horror novellas newly reissued from the "modern-day Algernon Blackwood."
Skullbelly: After three teenagers disappear in a forest, a private detective is hired and uncovers a terrible local secret.
The Separation: Marcus arrives in Germany to find his friend up-and-coming prizefighter Charlie in a deep depression. But soon Charlie's behavior grows increasingly bizarre. Is he suffering from a nervous breakdown, or are otherworldly forces at work?
The Stranger: Set in a rural Florida parking lot, David returns to his car to find a stranger sat behind the wheel. The doors are locked and there's a gun on the dashboard. And that was when then the insanity started . . .
After the Fade: A girl walked into a small Annapolis tavern, collapsed and died. Something had latched itself to the base of her skull. And it didn't arrive alone. Now, the patrons of The Fulcrum are trapped, held prisoner within the tavern's walls by monstrous things, trying to find their way in.
And one more novella to be revealed!
Customer Reviews
Well written but misogynistic to the point of ridiculous
There's only so many stories about snarky white dudes and their wailing teenage girlfriends and dumb/nagging/hysterical wives one can take. Since this is the horror genre, it's worth mentioning that embedding "sins" is definitely a part of crafting interesting characters, but at what point is it no longer baking in flaws for your POV characters and instead just an inability to write authentic, three-dimensional women? I stuck it out to see if the female POV novella would prove me wrong, and instead it proved me right, which is when I turned this audiobook off.