5th mammoth volume of this critically-acclaimed horror magazine/book.
- Restless Spirits, Haunted Places and more!
- ALL NEW STORIES and ARTICLES.
- New RAMSEY CAMPBELL story!
- 11 terrifying tales by today's top writers.
- New Ian Rogers' Black Lands story.
- The History of American Horror Comics, Part 2
- Retro movie review: THE CITY OF THE DEAD
- Heavily illustrated with movie and comics photos,
- Plus art by World Fantasy Award-winner Allen Koszowski.
- Find out what's happened to Dear Abbey since last issue!
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Nightmare Abbey does it again with this fresh new installment that's sure to please the palate and tickle the taste buds while satisfying your horror appetite.
The article on the history of horror comics was enlightening and fun, whether you enjoyed them as a kid or are too young to have lived in those glorious days of perusing through gruesome tales and gory illustrations.
There are multiple stills from one of my favorite classic horror movies The City of The Dead, also known as Horror Hotel. I saw this movie for the first time only about five years ago and never would have known it wasn't popular in its day. If you haven't seen it you should watch.
As always, the best part of Nightmare Abbey for me is the short fiction, which is excellent and plentiful in volume 5.
Bound by Ray Cluley begins with preparations to receive the body of a dead girl and ends in a spectacular twist.
Helen Grant makes my favorites again with her story Goldfish about a vindictive man who comes to regret his senseless act of revenge after a break-up.
David Surface offers a creepy tale of a young boy on an unpleasant road trip with his parents in Always Know Where You Are.
Seen and Not Heard by Sean Hogan finds a young family moving into a fixer-upper. At first, I thought the wife was being a drama queen over a bit of graffiti she wanted removed from the door. However, things got scary pretty damn quick. Her husband was foolish not to trust her gut on this matter and so was I.
A man is lured by the prospect of finding buried treasure if he can survive The HideBehind by Rhys Hughes.
Past Caring by Gary Fry finds an emotionally exhausted and exasperated woman working in a museum while still doing everything for her mother, husband, and son. Do all her good deeds go unpunished? of course not!
Tether by Ian Rogers is both scary and sad. What's a woman to do if her son and husband vanish into thin air?
Another creepy but sad story is The Return by Steve Rasnic Tem which is proof positive of the old saying "You can't go home again."
All the stories were well written but for me, those were the best of the best.
My thanks to Dead Letter Press.
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