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The Gate: 13 Dark & Odd Tales
...Three brothers traipse across a post-apocalyptic landscape, encountering unspeakable horrors...
...A young boy growing up in suburban hell thinks there might be more to his home town than meets the eye, what with all the children going missing...
...A woman dying of cancer is given a way out, if only she is willing to pay the price...
...The crew of a space station must battle their fears and a strange alien relic when they are isolated from humanity...if humanity exists any longer...
These stories and more await inside the pages of The Gate: 13 Dark & Odd Tales, the new compilation by Robert J. Duperre, author of The Fall: The Rift Book I. Also contributing to this collection are the talented Mercedes M. Yardley, David Dalglish, David McAfee, and Daniel Pyle.
...A young boy growing up in suburban hell thinks there might be more to his home town than meets the eye, what with all the children going missing...
...A woman dying of cancer is given a way out, if only she is willing to pay the price...
...The crew of a space station must battle their fears and a strange alien relic when they are isolated from humanity...if humanity exists any longer...
These stories and more await inside the pages of The Gate: 13 Dark & Odd Tales, the new compilation by Robert J. Duperre, author of The Fall: The Rift Book I. Also contributing to this collection are the talented Mercedes M. Yardley, David Dalglish, David McAfee, and Daniel Pyle.
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First published November 16, 2010
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Robert J. Duperre
27 books107 followersBorn on Cape Cod and raised in northern Connecticut, Robert Duperre is a writer whose main ambition is to create works that defy genre. His first novel, "The Fall: The Rift Book I" is now available in paperback and for the Amazon Kindle.
Robert lives with his wife, the artist Jessica Torrant, his three wonderful children, and Leonardo, the super one-eyed Labrador.
Robert lives with his wife, the artist Jessica Torrant, his three wonderful children, and Leonardo, the super one-eyed Labrador.
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May 12, 2011
Storyline: The Gate: 13 Dark and Odd Tales is quite the wonderful and twisted anthology with contributions from the Davids Dalglish and McAfee, Mercedes M. Yardley and Daniel Pyle compiled by Robert J. Duperre.
A reluctant protector of the world. A girl who takes away your sorrows. A serial killer. A young girl enacts revenge on some neighborhood boys. Three astronauts fight for survival.
Each story is a dark, twisted and, at times, amusing tale that explores the many sides of fear that the human mind can manifest. Even introducing some that you weren’t even aware of!
Grammar/Spelling:No issues with spelling, grammar or formatting.
Character Development: Given the nature of the book, character development wasn’t a main focus. Though, I dare say it happened quite well with each story!
I loved Kitty in the Cellar, a story about a little girl who got even with the brothers who ruined her pretty dress is creepy scary and the ending is quite the shocker.
Writing Style: Each author contributed their own style to the collection and some are gorier than others, while others are definitely more twisted. I enjoyed each author’s style and really look forward to ALL of them submitting works for me to review! (And for those that I’ve ALREADY reviewed…well…I’m WAITING for more!)
As with most horror, some of the stories are quite violent, bloody and graphic. So, I wouldn’t recommend this as a bedtime story…unless your child is someone Alice Cooper or Stephen King.
Continuity: No issues with continuity.
Overall Rating: 4+
Each story is a nugget of mystery, wrapped in a short story of horror and nestled in a box of well written entertainment. I highly recommend The Gate: 13 Dark and Odd Tales an anthology of short stories compiled by Robert J. Duperre to anyone who enjoyed the Books of Blood series by Clive Barker and anyone who doesn’t mind getting spooked even though it’s not Halloween!
A reluctant protector of the world. A girl who takes away your sorrows. A serial killer. A young girl enacts revenge on some neighborhood boys. Three astronauts fight for survival.
Each story is a dark, twisted and, at times, amusing tale that explores the many sides of fear that the human mind can manifest. Even introducing some that you weren’t even aware of!
Grammar/Spelling:No issues with spelling, grammar or formatting.
Character Development: Given the nature of the book, character development wasn’t a main focus. Though, I dare say it happened quite well with each story!
I loved Kitty in the Cellar, a story about a little girl who got even with the brothers who ruined her pretty dress is creepy scary and the ending is quite the shocker.
Writing Style: Each author contributed their own style to the collection and some are gorier than others, while others are definitely more twisted. I enjoyed each author’s style and really look forward to ALL of them submitting works for me to review! (And for those that I’ve ALREADY reviewed…well…I’m WAITING for more!)
As with most horror, some of the stories are quite violent, bloody and graphic. So, I wouldn’t recommend this as a bedtime story…unless your child is someone Alice Cooper or Stephen King.
Continuity: No issues with continuity.
Overall Rating: 4+
Each story is a nugget of mystery, wrapped in a short story of horror and nestled in a box of well written entertainment. I highly recommend The Gate: 13 Dark and Odd Tales an anthology of short stories compiled by Robert J. Duperre to anyone who enjoyed the Books of Blood series by Clive Barker and anyone who doesn’t mind getting spooked even though it’s not Halloween!
October 14, 2012
I read The Gate 2, and found a lot of amazing short stories. When this collection went to 99c on Kindle I snatched it up as well, but found a lot more lacking in this edition. There were shorter stories, which is fine but there weren't as many of them. And a few I wanted more from them. Like the Girl of Sorrows was really fine, as was Sullivan Street (even though it was inspired by the Counting Crows). But for the most part I didn't find anything as moving as I did in the second collection.
October 12, 2023
Very good. Well worth reading
June 7, 2014
On Amazon, I would have given this book a 1 if 1 didn't mean "I hate it!" I didn't like this book enough to hate it. To tell the truth, I only made it halfway through this one. I do love short stories, but you can't really define most of these as short stories. They are more like "partial" stories. Not well written as short stories at all. I love horror and science fiction, but I wouldn't catalogue these stories as either. Most of what I read seemed unfinished, a lot seem written for adolesent boys and some I wish I could forget NOW. There are some really sickening tales here. Horror doesn't have to mean grotesque, though you wouldn't know it by this collection. I'm sorry I read as much as I did. I promise not to do it again!
April 26, 2012
meh, it was okay. Some stories were much better than others. A few I didn't see the point to at all.
June 25, 2012
Really fun mix of horror and sci-fi short stories!
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