The Taxidermist is Hatching

The Taxidermist is Hatching by Michael Mulvihill

"Sheridan Le Fanu, Charles Maturin, Bram Stoker… These are probably all names of Irish horror writers I used to know. Now I know one more writer coming from the Land of Erin – Michael Mulvihill.
I've recently read his collection of short horror stories, "The Taxidermist Is Hatching". Reading it, you're about to delve into the darkness to face all morbid creatures imaginable – vampires, werewolves, ghosts. The modern Dublin is described by the author in such a creepy way that the London of Jack the Ripper springs instantly to my mind. Most of the stories are brief like flashes of a raving maniac's knife in the pale moonlight. The endings are so abrupt that you have the feeling you've been walking in your sleep and then suddenly woken up finding yourself standing on the edge of an abyss. A very uncomfortable feeling really. But this is what horror stories are for. Some images from the stories stuck to me for days. (Read "Phenom Venom Rat Vampire" and find that brilliant fragment about the micro-chip. It will really make you paranoid.) The realistic stories like "Drop" have even a bigger impact upon the reader.
Explore many dimensions of human experience with "The Taxidermist Is Hatching" Oleg Hassanov, Horror Novelist, Editor and producer of "Horror Without Borders"