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Cold Sparks: Two Chilling Novellas of Horror
Two chilling novellas of horror by Peter Giglio and Catherine Cavendish...
Cold Revenge
Some dinner invitations are best ignored... For no apparent reason, Nadine, Maggie, Gary, and Nick are invited to dinner at the lavish home of top fashion writer, Erin Dartford. But why has she invited them? Why doesn't she want her guests to mingle? And just what is it about the mysterious Erin that makes them want to run for their lives? Little do they know that as they prepare to eat their first course, an evil as old as mankind is about to be unleashed. And revenge really is a dish best served cold...
A Spark in the Darkness
On the final day of her second life, Edie returns to the family she abandoned five years earlier. Edie is not merely a vampire, she's a Goddess...one of the vanishing race of beings the vampires need to keep their kind alive. But being dead has taught her much about life, and Edie's determined to destroy the evil thing she's become. For something has changed within her, something almost alive in her dead soul. But can a single spark in the darkness be enough to save all she holds dear?
Cold Revenge
Some dinner invitations are best ignored... For no apparent reason, Nadine, Maggie, Gary, and Nick are invited to dinner at the lavish home of top fashion writer, Erin Dartford. But why has she invited them? Why doesn't she want her guests to mingle? And just what is it about the mysterious Erin that makes them want to run for their lives? Little do they know that as they prepare to eat their first course, an evil as old as mankind is about to be unleashed. And revenge really is a dish best served cold...
A Spark in the Darkness
On the final day of her second life, Edie returns to the family she abandoned five years earlier. Edie is not merely a vampire, she's a Goddess...one of the vanishing race of beings the vampires need to keep their kind alive. But being dead has taught her much about life, and Edie's determined to destroy the evil thing she's become. For something has changed within her, something almost alive in her dead soul. But can a single spark in the darkness be enough to save all she holds dear?
- GenresHorror
234 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 2012
20 people want to read
About the author
Peter Giglio
30 books75 followersAn active member of the Horror Writers Association and the International Thriller Writers, Peter Giglio is the author of five novels, four novellas, and his short fiction can be found in several books, including two comprehensive genre anthologies edited by New York Times Bestselling author John Skipp. With co-writer Scott Bradley, Peter is actively shopping a feature-length screen adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale's "The Night They Missed the Horror Show," and Sunfall Manor, one of Giglio's novellas, is currently under option with a screenwriting team based in Los Angeles. Giglio lives on the Georgia coast with his fiancé and frequent collaborator, Shannon Michaels, and he always has time for readers at www.petergiglio.com.
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May 29, 2012
A Spark in the Darkness
I ended up thinking this was a pretty awesome story, despite the fact that I tend to like my vampires of the less evil variety. Still, this story worked for me. I like how Edie went from someone who was borderline morally bankrupt to someone who tried to make amends (of a sort) when the chips were down. Honestly, Edie wasn't someone I particularly liked in the beginning. She was ... not a nice person. Then life throws her a curve ball and she gets to be awesome for a bit until, you know, her world comes crashing down and she's just wholesale entertainment in the company of some rather unsavory men.
So, what does she do with herself? She tries to fix the things that have gone wrong. It was creepy how she goes about it while also being weirdly compelling. I loved her interaction with the little Hunter boy. She gave his life validation just by believing in what he could see. Like I said, creepy but weirdly compelling.
I still prefer my vampires a little more cuddly, but I liked dipping my toes in such a different world.
Cold Revenge
This was one of those stories that snuck up on me. It was nicely dark, moved quickly and kept me guessing as to what was going to happen right up to the end. I like that. I like when I'm making predictions in my head and they're all a little off.
Nadine, Maggie, Gary, and Nick's stories unfold in bits and pieces. On the surface they all seem like upstanding folks who have great lives. As their stories progress you begin to see that they might not be quite as good as they pretend to be. Each one has something unsavory in their past that is coming back to haunt them.
Nicely written with interesting characters, this was a fun, creepy ride that was a perfect way to spend a damp, cold morning.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
I ended up thinking this was a pretty awesome story, despite the fact that I tend to like my vampires of the less evil variety. Still, this story worked for me. I like how Edie went from someone who was borderline morally bankrupt to someone who tried to make amends (of a sort) when the chips were down. Honestly, Edie wasn't someone I particularly liked in the beginning. She was ... not a nice person. Then life throws her a curve ball and she gets to be awesome for a bit until, you know, her world comes crashing down and she's just wholesale entertainment in the company of some rather unsavory men.
So, what does she do with herself? She tries to fix the things that have gone wrong. It was creepy how she goes about it while also being weirdly compelling. I loved her interaction with the little Hunter boy. She gave his life validation just by believing in what he could see. Like I said, creepy but weirdly compelling.
I still prefer my vampires a little more cuddly, but I liked dipping my toes in such a different world.
Cold Revenge
This was one of those stories that snuck up on me. It was nicely dark, moved quickly and kept me guessing as to what was going to happen right up to the end. I like that. I like when I'm making predictions in my head and they're all a little off.
Nadine, Maggie, Gary, and Nick's stories unfold in bits and pieces. On the surface they all seem like upstanding folks who have great lives. As their stories progress you begin to see that they might not be quite as good as they pretend to be. Each one has something unsavory in their past that is coming back to haunt them.
Nicely written with interesting characters, this was a fun, creepy ride that was a perfect way to spend a damp, cold morning.
-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
May 29, 2012
12 Stars anyone?
A Joy, a Delight, and Sheer Pleasure are to be found in this duet-consisting of “A Spark in the Darkness” by Peter Giglio and “Cold Revenge” by Catherine Cavendish. I am a well-read person, but both these stories break new ground, chilling me with frissons of terror, horror, and repulsion (and relief that I’m not living in either setting), and provide memories that will long linger-as well as the compulsion to read more from these excellent authors. Not just the writing, but the vividness, the stretch of imagination required to construct these special stories, have totally impressed this reviewer.
“A Spark in the Darkness” teaches us of an entirely new view of vampires-and let me assure you, they are immensely dangerous-and no, they’re not sparkly-not at all.
“Cold Revenge”-oh, the shivers! Please do not read at night while alone-and especially not if you have a guilty conscience.
Do read this set, and marvel-Mr. Giglio and Ms. Cavendish travel where no writer has gone before.
A Joy, a Delight, and Sheer Pleasure are to be found in this duet-consisting of “A Spark in the Darkness” by Peter Giglio and “Cold Revenge” by Catherine Cavendish. I am a well-read person, but both these stories break new ground, chilling me with frissons of terror, horror, and repulsion (and relief that I’m not living in either setting), and provide memories that will long linger-as well as the compulsion to read more from these excellent authors. Not just the writing, but the vividness, the stretch of imagination required to construct these special stories, have totally impressed this reviewer.
“A Spark in the Darkness” teaches us of an entirely new view of vampires-and let me assure you, they are immensely dangerous-and no, they’re not sparkly-not at all.
“Cold Revenge”-oh, the shivers! Please do not read at night while alone-and especially not if you have a guilty conscience.
Do read this set, and marvel-Mr. Giglio and Ms. Cavendish travel where no writer has gone before.
September 5, 2012
2.5 stars full review to come soon on www.bookchickcity.com
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