In The Skin of Her Teeth, a cursed novel drives people to their deaths.
The Dark Brothers’ Last Ride
In This Book Belongs to Olo, a lonely child has dangerous control over an unusual pop-up book.
A choose-your-own-adventure game spirals into an uncanny reality in The Story.
Full of creepy, page-turning suspense, these collected novellas are perfect for fans of Paul Tremblay, Stephen King and Joe Hill.
At the time of receiving this book, I had never read a Ronald Malfi that I did not enjoy. That winning streak continues with Ghostwritten.
These four novellas share a theme, a story about a story if you will...but they are each complete standalone works even though they are connected in a way.
In the first Novella a writer sets out to turn a successful book into a screenplay, but there are disturbing reasons that his is not the first attempt at it. When he seemingly drops off the grid without meeting his deadline it is suspected he may have fallen off the wagon. If only that were the case! I loved this one and thought it would have made for a great episode of American Horror Stories or Creepshow.
The Dark Brothers' Last Ride tells the story of a very strange delivery in which a road trip to drop off an unknown package that is not meant to be opened has dire consequences when one of the brothers is too curious for his own good. This was my favorite story, there were so many freaky happenings and the relationship between the brothers was riveting.
I'm not sure why I was not as engaged in the third novella, This Book Belongs to Olo. Anything to do with creepy children is usually a big hit with me. Olo is certainly creepy enough as he shows up on the playground with his weird mannerisms to pass out invitations to kids who most obviously do not want to befriend him. I expected to love this story and at first, I did, but the longer it went on the less I enjoyed this one.
In the final tale, The Story begins with a suicide and a warning not to read, before it delves into the mystery of the powers of the written word, something this author is quite skilled at.
Ghostwritten will be published on Oct 11 and is available for preorder
My thanks to Titan books for the review copy.
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