A couple of weeks ago I entered a competition on facebook, the prize was a copy of this book - thankfully I won. This is a really good collection!
As you would expect from the title their are six short stories in this collection, three zombie tales and three general horror.
The book opens with Mother's Milk, a truly disturbing tale of mother and child in the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. I had become a little tired the whole zombie genre before reading this story but this author has really made me change my mind. It has moments that will truly set the reader on edge, horror as it should be.
Next comes 'The Shoot' where a wrestling fan gets to interview The Masked Marauder, the first interview the MM has ever done, and learns a secret he wasn't expecting.
Next up, '53' another zombie tale, set in the same universe as Mother's Milk. The 53 in the title is the time between death and reanimation. The story is set in what is left of a hospital and shows another angle to life after the apocalypse.
Roots, story 4 is set in the Old West with a father and two sons under siege from..........tumbleweed
The Wren is in the style of a folk tale set around Christmas but certainly not with a Christmassy ending.
The final story, Hooked, is another zombie tale but this time with a nautical leaning and set in the mid 19th century.
All these stories are of a very high quality. Horror, as a genre, can seem a bit overdone at times but this collection gives me hope for the future. I will certainly be looking out for more from this author and I suggest that, if horror is your thing, you do too, but for now I am heartily recommending this collection to you.
Just a small point, the third story is actually called 53 Minutes not 53 as stated
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