Scattered Ashes

by Jack Rollins

Who will survive? And what will remain?

This chilling anthology of creepy horror stories will strike terror down to your bones! Psychological terrors, unsettling tableaus, and shocking spectres reside within the pages of Jack Rollins’ short story collection. Face the horrors of vengeful spirits and creatures best left undisturbed in ancient legend, see inside murderous minds, and run from ruthless wraiths. These yarns of paranormal dread will have you afraid to turn the page. Expect your house lights to burn long after bedtime. Jack Rollins’ visions expose your primal fears, from horrors rising beneath the black surface of the open sea, to the shadowy corners of your own home. Nowhere is safe.

The perfect collection of horror stories for fans of Stephen King, James Herbert, Shaun Hutson or Clive Barker. Fans of Dark Fantasy and the works of Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Algernon Blackwood, William Hope Hodgson and Hammer Horror movies also find lots to enjoy in Jack Rollins' work.

Genres: Horror, Collections, Short Stories, Fiction

343 pages, Paperback

Published April 1, 2023

About the author

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Jack Rollins was born and raised among the twisting cobbled streets and lanes, ruined forts and rolling moors of rural Northumberland, England in 1980. He is the author of the horror novel The Cabinet of Doctor Blessing, the novella The Séance and a range of short , dark fiction tales. Jack lives in Newcastle, England.

Jack can be found online at:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jackrollinshorror

Reviews

[Jasmine · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5⭐️
A collection of short horror stories.
A couple of them were really gruesome and really made me think what on earth which I didn’t expect and made me enjoy them more!
Also loved the description and background on each story before going into the next one

[Doreen Fernandes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Chilling horror shorts

Most of the stories are entertaining but all of them gave me the chills. I liked Home Sweet Home and Conquistador as well as Ghosts of Christmas past. The Baptist was good too. The endings were surprising and unexpected.

[Alan Loewen · Rating 3 out of 5]

More Than The First Story

I would not have started this collection off with Conquistador as its graphic sex and rape almost made me delete the ebook and move on. However, i thought I’d give the second story a chance and the rest of the collection is rather good, though graphic horror.

Gore aside, you will find sex and sexual assault in some of the other stories, but not blow by blow as you will find in the first. Also, I enjoyed the author’s description before each story as to how he arrived at the idea for each tale.

[Alice J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This collection has sat on my shelf for a while (busy times) but now I'm asking myself why. From the minute I picked it up, I was drawn into each of the stories woven, the characters, the worlds created. There's something for everyone in here with a lean towards the supernatural, but without a doubt the writing is well crafted, with a strong pull that kept me turning the page. I also really loved that each story has it's background, a little flicker into the life of the writer. Honestly, not to be missed.

[Joan Smith]

I found the short story A haunting of Collingwood house on book funnel. The story was one of warning. It was well composed for a short story.

This short story is one of the collection that can be found in Scattered Ashes

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of the stories in here were creepy, but they all felt similar. They were also very violent sexually which I'm not the biggest fan of. Definitely give it a try if you like horror anthologies.