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Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales #1
Demonic Visions: 50 Horror Tales
Welcome to volume one of the Demonic Visions 50 Horror Tales series. This book features short horror tales by some of the best horror writers from around the world. Each book within the series will feature new work by each of these writers, both the established, and new up and coming talent. Volume one features tales of cannibalism, murderous underworlds, zombie carnage, portals to alternate dimensions, and many, many more demented masterpieces. So enjoy, and I hope that you will join us for the entire Demonic Visions saga which is intended to last many, many years and span many, many volumes…
148 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 9, 2013
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About the author
Chris Robertson
104 books31 followersI became inspired to write classically-styled short horror after purchasing a collection of old horror tales at a yard sale. The book featured works by F. Marion Crawford, William Hope Hodgson, Seabury Quinn, le Fanu, Robert Chambers, and many other of the early masters.
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January 17, 2022
Well, Well!
Adam Millard, Matt Drabble, Joe McKinney and many others have contributed to this immense anthology of interesting stories.
The selections are truly delicious...if you love zombies and Lovecraft and vampires and other kinds of horror.
The first book in a new series of short stories. Give ‘em a try. I know you want to. 😎
Adam Millard, Matt Drabble, Joe McKinney and many others have contributed to this immense anthology of interesting stories.
The selections are truly delicious...if you love zombies and Lovecraft and vampires and other kinds of horror.
The first book in a new series of short stories. Give ‘em a try. I know you want to. 😎
November 20, 2014
Mostly just tedious and dull, but occasionally pointlessly disgusting. I read about half of these short stories and found nothing of value whatsoever. Maybe some of the ones in the second half are OK, but I doubt it.
August 31, 2016
What was scary was how bad and not frightening these horror stories were.
Pass on this.
Pass on this.
May 3, 2014
An excellent collection of horror short stories, bristling with imagination and ideas. I will be sure to buy upcoming anthologies.
February 21, 2015
Back to the drawing board.
When compiling an anthology, it would be nice if the stories had been edited and proofread to ensure the stories were complete. This did not happen. Of fifty stories, only a handful could be classified as a short story, meaning it is a complete story with a beginning, middle and end. The bulk of these come across as very rough outlines in need of more thought and work.
The ones I enjoyed are:
The Chase K Trap
In the London Fog
Evil Jimmy
The Mile Low Club
Lover’s Lament
Skin Sin
Cruel Madame
The Box.
Out of fifty stories, that’s not a good batting percentage—17.6%. Many of the stories need a lot more editing. It seemed that submissions were accepted without the shorts being reviewed.
Some of the works, such as Cauliflower were just plain disgusting and ridiculous.
The one thing that was done right was ending this anthology with, “The Box.” It showed there’s hope on the horizon.
I won’t be looking into any of the books in this series.
Two stars.
When compiling an anthology, it would be nice if the stories had been edited and proofread to ensure the stories were complete. This did not happen. Of fifty stories, only a handful could be classified as a short story, meaning it is a complete story with a beginning, middle and end. The bulk of these come across as very rough outlines in need of more thought and work.
The ones I enjoyed are:
The Chase K Trap
In the London Fog
Evil Jimmy
The Mile Low Club
Lover’s Lament
Skin Sin
Cruel Madame
The Box.
Out of fifty stories, that’s not a good batting percentage—17.6%. Many of the stories need a lot more editing. It seemed that submissions were accepted without the shorts being reviewed.
Some of the works, such as Cauliflower were just plain disgusting and ridiculous.
The one thing that was done right was ending this anthology with, “The Box.” It showed there’s hope on the horizon.
I won’t be looking into any of the books in this series.
Two stars.
June 24, 2016
Short but filling
Recently when I got my kindle I had my eye on this collection. I've been reading it off and on but I enjoyed every spine tingling tale. It was interesting coming across a few of my favorite authors. Can't wait to start on volume II!!
Recently when I got my kindle I had my eye on this collection. I've been reading it off and on but I enjoyed every spine tingling tale. It was interesting coming across a few of my favorite authors. Can't wait to start on volume II!!
October 22, 2015
Not bad. Not bad at all. 75% of the stories were really good. 25% kind of sucked. Very gory!!! Not for the faint of heart.
January 17, 2016
To be fair, let it be known that I did not finish the collection. I was very excited about it and the two collections that follow it based off of: 1) the wickedly cool cover art 2) the fact that it was an opportunity to find new and exciting authors and 3) because a good deal of the stuff being published through small presses or getting self published is actually quite good.
Unfortunately, Mr. Robertson let me down with this one. As I did not finish, I will keep it short and give three simple reasons why.
1)The writing almost across the board is subpar. The stories I read were all either incredibly cliche events or were simply meant to gross the reader out and went no further beyond that initial disgust. Amateurs are constantly striving to break out in collections like these, but of the dozen stories I read none made me think, "Man, this is someone I need to look out for in the future."
2)The formatting was atrocious. There are no page numbers, stories stop and start in odd places and leave strange gaps in between pages, and the whole collection is full of spelling and grammatical errors.
3)Mr. Robertson has a handful of books/collections published, so to see how poorly this one was handled saddened me right from the start. The moment I opened it up and read his introduction I knew I'd be disappointed; it consisted of a few grammatical errors and that awful formatting I referred to earlier.
All I can say is that I hope the other two collections are vast improvements over this one. Otherwise, I've wasted money that could have been spent on books much more worthy of my time.
Unfortunately, Mr. Robertson let me down with this one. As I did not finish, I will keep it short and give three simple reasons why.
1)The writing almost across the board is subpar. The stories I read were all either incredibly cliche events or were simply meant to gross the reader out and went no further beyond that initial disgust. Amateurs are constantly striving to break out in collections like these, but of the dozen stories I read none made me think, "Man, this is someone I need to look out for in the future."
2)The formatting was atrocious. There are no page numbers, stories stop and start in odd places and leave strange gaps in between pages, and the whole collection is full of spelling and grammatical errors.
3)Mr. Robertson has a handful of books/collections published, so to see how poorly this one was handled saddened me right from the start. The moment I opened it up and read his introduction I knew I'd be disappointed; it consisted of a few grammatical errors and that awful formatting I referred to earlier.
All I can say is that I hope the other two collections are vast improvements over this one. Otherwise, I've wasted money that could have been spent on books much more worthy of my time.
September 22, 2014
It's hard to objectively critique a book that features one of my own stories - of course it's a great book! And you should buy multiple copies!
In all seriousness, for fans of horror there will be something in this collection for everyone. My picks were Lost Alleys by Jeffrey Thomas, When They Turn on You by Maggie Carroll and Those Four Walls by Justin Hunter. And of course Self Help by Raymond Gates ;)
In all seriousness, for fans of horror there will be something in this collection for everyone. My picks were Lost Alleys by Jeffrey Thomas, When They Turn on You by Maggie Carroll and Those Four Walls by Justin Hunter. And of course Self Help by Raymond Gates ;)
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