15 stories of supernatural terror by Zahid Zaman. Sometimes an author comes along whose tales are so terrifying that you can't put it down for fear that they will remain in your subconscious forever. Zahid Zaman has brought to us just such a collection of short stories. Welcome to 'Screams from the asylum' within these pages, horror's newest voice brings you 15 supernatural tales from the darkest depths of the human psyche. Journey with Zahid Zaman and look at the everyday in a new light, explore new horizons-visit new lands-and discover what monsters lurk beneath the calm normal exterior of modern suburbia. There are 15 handpicked tales guaranteed to give you a scare. Purchase this book at your own risk! You may never be the same again...
I really don't know how to feel about this book. It's a collection of "horror/thriller" stories. Any collection of stories has a mix of good, bad and mediocre stories of course. That's to be expected. But this one? This had more.. mediocre than good I suppose.
There were a LOT of spelling and grammatical errors in this. which just feels extremely unprofessional to me.
There were maybe two... "interesting" stories to me, but overall, most have a repetitive theme involving sexual abuse and/or bad relationships.
I expect a few typos or formatting errors in a self-published manuscript, but the number of times I saw "quite" for "quiet" and "suite" for "suit" in this book was unacceptable. Any proofreader could have caught these errors if I could see them on a quick read.
The subtitle "15 Tales of Supernatural Terror" isn't exactly accurate. The first story in the collection has no supernatural element. A small detail to mention in a review, maybe, but I expect honesty on a book cover.
Several of the stories do show originality and a flair for horror. One in particular, concerning a deal with the devil, was quite chilling. However, the recurring themes of sexual abuse and terrible relationships are a bit hard to take by third or fourth time they pop up in a single collection.
Spelling would be great but the publishing company didn't do their job.
Spelling would be great but the publishing company didn't do their job.
I really liked this book but I did notice that there were too many areas that the book reviewer had not fixed other than those mistakes the book was great.