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The Horror Collection #18
The Horror Collection: Turquoise Edition
Book 18 in The Horror Collection series.
- GenresHorror
266 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 28, 2024
About the author
Kevin J. Kennedy
151 books335 followersKevin J. Kennedy is a Scottish horror author known for his fast-paced storytelling, dark humor, and unforgettable characters. He is also the curator of the bestselling The Horror Collection and Classic Monsters anthology series.
When he’s not writing tales of blood-soaked chaos, Kevin champions indie horror, supports fellow authors, and dreams up new ways to keep readers sleeping with the lights on.
When he’s not writing tales of blood-soaked chaos, Kevin champions indie horror, supports fellow authors, and dreams up new ways to keep readers sleeping with the lights on.
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October 16, 2024
Horror fans will love this offering from KJK Publishing. The Horror Collection: Turquoise Edition contains 12 short stories of varying degrees of horror.
Be warned though, some of them are quite the gore fest, and unless you've got the constitution of an ox, you might want to give iBola a swerve. Even I felt a bit green reading it. 🤢
All in all, this anthology is perfect Halloween reading, so if you're a horror fan, get yourself a copy of this gem and prepare to be scared. 🎃👻
Be warned though, some of them are quite the gore fest, and unless you've got the constitution of an ox, you might want to give iBola a swerve. Even I felt a bit green reading it. 🤢
All in all, this anthology is perfect Halloween reading, so if you're a horror fan, get yourself a copy of this gem and prepare to be scared. 🎃👻
February 21, 2024
Well we’re can I begin since I watched bates motel I check hotel walls for holes an always do summit to the door but now a good way to make meself shit my pants is to read Kevin’s books each one as bloody scarey as the other all totally different and guaranteed something for someone so read the books In a darkened room but you will always be scared of something
March 2, 2024
A Bibliophilia Templum Review
https://bibliophiliatemplum.wordpress.com/2024/03/02/the-horror-collection-turquoise-edition/
The Horror Collection: Turquoise Edition is book 18 in the KJK Publishing Horror Collection series and collects 12 stories ranging from dark and evocative to outright horror to downright terror-filled, all brought to you in a diversity of styles and voices.
“On Site” by Steve Stred is a fantastic story with ominous foreshadowing that delivers in an unexpected way; it’s a fun and creepy read. By contrast, “Music Box Dancer” by Candace Nola is a dark and moving story of loss, pain, and retribution.
“A Grim Fairytale” by Callum Pearce is just that: a gruesome modern story in the Grimm’s Fairy tales tradition and done extremely well. It is followed by “The World Turned Red” by Daemon Manx, an intense dystopian horror that is violent and evocative and gut-wrenching by turns.
“Ibola” by DE McCluskey is a graphic extreme horror tale of a research experiment gone bad, but it also quietly speaks to racism and greed. After that is “3 am and Wide Awake” by Sarah E England, an engrossing and suspenseful demonic story (and you gotta love her way with supernatural suspense).
“Definitely Not Haunted” by Ashley Lister is equal parts very dark humor and suspense, a fun and irreverent story that may put you off buying from auction sites for a while. The next story, “Beans for Supper” by Tom Deady, is the most terrifying story in here; the complex blend of terrors and true horrors is exceptionally impactful, and the story is brilliantly crafted.
“Snow Angels” by Greg F. Gifune is a haunting and driving story of devotion, determination, and unexpected horrors. It’s followed by “What the Dark Does” by Graham Masterson, a creepy and suspenseful tale of childhood horror.
“A Sense of Belonging” by Mark Towse is a chilling and vivid story of dark secrets and horrifying acts. And the final story, “Down Bitch” by Richard Clive, is the most disturbing and poignant tale of the lot, speaking to bigotry, bullying, despair, and what is wrought in the hearts of victims.
The Horror Collection: Turquoise Edition is a phenomenal anthology of horrors and terrors and tragedies, highly recommended reading.
https://bibliophiliatemplum.wordpress.com/2024/03/02/the-horror-collection-turquoise-edition/
The Horror Collection: Turquoise Edition is book 18 in the KJK Publishing Horror Collection series and collects 12 stories ranging from dark and evocative to outright horror to downright terror-filled, all brought to you in a diversity of styles and voices.
“On Site” by Steve Stred is a fantastic story with ominous foreshadowing that delivers in an unexpected way; it’s a fun and creepy read. By contrast, “Music Box Dancer” by Candace Nola is a dark and moving story of loss, pain, and retribution.
“A Grim Fairytale” by Callum Pearce is just that: a gruesome modern story in the Grimm’s Fairy tales tradition and done extremely well. It is followed by “The World Turned Red” by Daemon Manx, an intense dystopian horror that is violent and evocative and gut-wrenching by turns.
“Ibola” by DE McCluskey is a graphic extreme horror tale of a research experiment gone bad, but it also quietly speaks to racism and greed. After that is “3 am and Wide Awake” by Sarah E England, an engrossing and suspenseful demonic story (and you gotta love her way with supernatural suspense).
“Definitely Not Haunted” by Ashley Lister is equal parts very dark humor and suspense, a fun and irreverent story that may put you off buying from auction sites for a while. The next story, “Beans for Supper” by Tom Deady, is the most terrifying story in here; the complex blend of terrors and true horrors is exceptionally impactful, and the story is brilliantly crafted.
“Snow Angels” by Greg F. Gifune is a haunting and driving story of devotion, determination, and unexpected horrors. It’s followed by “What the Dark Does” by Graham Masterson, a creepy and suspenseful tale of childhood horror.
“A Sense of Belonging” by Mark Towse is a chilling and vivid story of dark secrets and horrifying acts. And the final story, “Down Bitch” by Richard Clive, is the most disturbing and poignant tale of the lot, speaking to bigotry, bullying, despair, and what is wrought in the hearts of victims.
The Horror Collection: Turquoise Edition is a phenomenal anthology of horrors and terrors and tragedies, highly recommended reading.
February 3, 2024
Kevin Kennedy (with Ann Keeran) has produced once more a brilliant new volume of The Horror Collection. The Turquoise Edition, the 18th entry in the series, published by KJK Publishing, contains 12 terrific short horror stories, all from established horror authors easily recognized and widely acknowledged for their storytelling skills and the originality of their ideas. In one volume, there are well-known veterans, such as Graham Masterton, Sarah E. England, Greg Gifune, Tom Deady and Steve Stred, but also Candace Nola, Mark Towse, Daemon Manx, DE McCluskey and Ashley Lister, Callum Pearce and Richard Clive.
It's really hard to pick favorites, since all the stories are wonderful reads, providing more than a taste of high quality stories. Five of them stood out for me, though. A sixth one, which I did finish but did not wholeheartedly enjoy, despite it being very well-written, made me reflect a bit on what stories are supposed to achieve.
The fiveI loved were, in no special order: the opening story, Steve Stred's "On Site," a suspenseful, found-footage-like tale of a YouTuber and her camera-holding boyfriend doing a video in an abandoned cabin (you just know things will go wrong somehow!); "Snow Angels" by Greg F. Gifune - wow, just wow! A small-town horror story, told from the point of view of a father returning to the place to save his daughter; Masterton's "What the Dark Does," it's been a while since I read such an incredibly creepy story, explaining in detail why children SHOULD be afraid of the dark; "Beans for Supper" by Tom Deady - well, this was a bit heart-breaking, I did not expect most of the turns this story had, much less the final twist: again, there's a father, but the burden he's carrying makes all the difference, welp; and last but not least, Mark Towse's "A Sense of Belonging," with a great first line and an awesome ending, a story about fathers and sons and their trips in the woods. The story that made me think a bit more than usual was the last one, the Richard Clive contribution, whose title I'd rather not reproduce here. It deals with transphobia, and essentially fulfills every revenge-phantasy of people who've been abused, bullied and treated horribly and unjustly. It offers absolutely no insight into a solution, though; on the contrary, it apparently tries to portray the impossibility of one. Perhaps this story has a cathartic purpose, perhaps not. I myself felt no wiser after reading it, and wondered a bit about the intended audience.
In any case, I'm sure others will enjoy more Daemon Manx's excellent post-apocalyptic tale or Candace Nola's heavily emotional story of a mother-daughter relationship. There's everything for everybody here, making the Turquoise Edition an outstanding entry in the series!
It's really hard to pick favorites, since all the stories are wonderful reads, providing more than a taste of high quality stories. Five of them stood out for me, though. A sixth one, which I did finish but did not wholeheartedly enjoy, despite it being very well-written, made me reflect a bit on what stories are supposed to achieve.
The fiveI loved were, in no special order: the opening story, Steve Stred's "On Site," a suspenseful, found-footage-like tale of a YouTuber and her camera-holding boyfriend doing a video in an abandoned cabin (you just know things will go wrong somehow!); "Snow Angels" by Greg F. Gifune - wow, just wow! A small-town horror story, told from the point of view of a father returning to the place to save his daughter; Masterton's "What the Dark Does," it's been a while since I read such an incredibly creepy story, explaining in detail why children SHOULD be afraid of the dark; "Beans for Supper" by Tom Deady - well, this was a bit heart-breaking, I did not expect most of the turns this story had, much less the final twist: again, there's a father, but the burden he's carrying makes all the difference, welp; and last but not least, Mark Towse's "A Sense of Belonging," with a great first line and an awesome ending, a story about fathers and sons and their trips in the woods. The story that made me think a bit more than usual was the last one, the Richard Clive contribution, whose title I'd rather not reproduce here. It deals with transphobia, and essentially fulfills every revenge-phantasy of people who've been abused, bullied and treated horribly and unjustly. It offers absolutely no insight into a solution, though; on the contrary, it apparently tries to portray the impossibility of one. Perhaps this story has a cathartic purpose, perhaps not. I myself felt no wiser after reading it, and wondered a bit about the intended audience.
In any case, I'm sure others will enjoy more Daemon Manx's excellent post-apocalyptic tale or Candace Nola's heavily emotional story of a mother-daughter relationship. There's everything for everybody here, making the Turquoise Edition an outstanding entry in the series!
February 3, 2024
Turquoise terror
Horror has a new color and it is Turquoise. This latest edition in the Horror Collection series promises to deliver as much spine-tingling terror as the previous editions.
There are 12 tales written by masters in the field of horror.
A documentary on a horror film becomes deadly when the horror is real.
A plastic Ballerina Dancer has a taste for vengeance
A fairytale about the summoning of demons.
Blood thirsty carnivorous beast roaming the streets.
These are just a small taste of the horrors you will encounter.
Horror has a new color and it is Turquoise. This latest edition in the Horror Collection series promises to deliver as much spine-tingling terror as the previous editions.
There are 12 tales written by masters in the field of horror.
A documentary on a horror film becomes deadly when the horror is real.
A plastic Ballerina Dancer has a taste for vengeance
A fairytale about the summoning of demons.
Blood thirsty carnivorous beast roaming the streets.
These are just a small taste of the horrors you will encounter.
September 4, 2024
3 stars for short stories
This was a decent collection. Some of the stories I liked, some I didn't, and one that was just gross. I probably won't read this particular collection again, but I will try another in this series.
This was a decent collection. Some of the stories I liked, some I didn't, and one that was just gross. I probably won't read this particular collection again, but I will try another in this series.
February 1, 2024
Once again Kevin J Kennedy Releases another hit with an awesome author line up and epic stories
November 16, 2025
fantastic collection
I know I have been all over the place lately with the kind of books I have been reading, so Freckles and I thought we would go back to Horror for this one. And who better to go back to than Keven J Kennedy and one of his horror collections. This time we are reviewing The Turquoise Collection. This one was a banger!!!!
The first story On Site by Steve Stred follows a YouTube influencer who is finally visiting the spot in the woods where they filmed her favorite horror movie for her fans to see. With her boyfriend as her camera man, they find out there is so much more in the woods than just a movie site!! Great story, loved it.
The next story Music Box Dancer by Candace Nola, is phenomenal. I wouldn’t expect anything less from her, she’s awesome. This story follows a girl who’s mother has just passed from a brutal mugging. The only thing she feels she has left is the music box with the ballerina dancer that her mother gave her. All she wants is her mother back and revenge. Can the music box help?
Moving on we have A Grim Fairytale by Callum Pearce. Three friends decide to have on last adventure to check out a cabin in the woods where an old woman lives and supposedly fairies were spotted. Let’s just say some things should be left alone and they probably should have went on a safer adventure!
The World Turned Red by Daemon Manx. Wow this story!!! No I am a big fan of Mr. Manx and was excited to read this one and it does not disappoint! It is the longest story in this anthology. A post apocalyptic story of survival, heart and best yet….fear. Great story!!!
iBola by DE McCluskey, wow this was a fun read!!!! Two friends who have found a very different way of trying to perfect the perfect game. Then everything went horribly wrong. This story should come with a warning lol. Very disturbing but awesome.
3am And Wide Awake by Sarah E England. This was probably the creepiest story in the book. I will let this one be a surprise, let’s just say this one gave me chills!!
Definitely Not Haunted by Ashley Lister. This one, omg, what I liked about this one was the karma!!! A son buys a doll for his controlling mom’s collection. On the add it says definitively not haunted. Not all adds are truthful. Always remember that!
Beans For Supper by Tom Deady. This story was really sad. A man heads home to visit his father abusive father one last time. This is one messed up story, just a fair warning.
Snow Angels by Greg F Gifune. This one is about a father that has been away from his daughter for two years and is now coming to the small town that he left to take her home. But there are secrets in this town that he want’s to protect his daughter from. This one was really cool to read.
What The Dark Does by the great Graham Masterson. This was the second creepiest story in the book. Find out what happens when the lights go out. Heads up, it’s not good.
A Sense Of Belonging by Mark Towse. A man who kills his wife because she killed his son. He is heading somewhere before the police finally get him. And if you think that is the whole story god you would be so wrong!!!! Such a screwed up story. Fantastic.
Down Bitch by Richard Clive. I wasn’t really sure where this one was going when I was reading it. A trans female being bullied horribly by classmates. No friends, family doesn’t understand or support. When the bullying goes too far, she finds out she needs no one but her pack!!!!
This book was full of some of the best stories I have read in a while. Great collection that you should definitely check out. I loved it!!!!!
I know I have been all over the place lately with the kind of books I have been reading, so Freckles and I thought we would go back to Horror for this one. And who better to go back to than Keven J Kennedy and one of his horror collections. This time we are reviewing The Turquoise Collection. This one was a banger!!!!
The first story On Site by Steve Stred follows a YouTube influencer who is finally visiting the spot in the woods where they filmed her favorite horror movie for her fans to see. With her boyfriend as her camera man, they find out there is so much more in the woods than just a movie site!! Great story, loved it.
The next story Music Box Dancer by Candace Nola, is phenomenal. I wouldn’t expect anything less from her, she’s awesome. This story follows a girl who’s mother has just passed from a brutal mugging. The only thing she feels she has left is the music box with the ballerina dancer that her mother gave her. All she wants is her mother back and revenge. Can the music box help?
Moving on we have A Grim Fairytale by Callum Pearce. Three friends decide to have on last adventure to check out a cabin in the woods where an old woman lives and supposedly fairies were spotted. Let’s just say some things should be left alone and they probably should have went on a safer adventure!
The World Turned Red by Daemon Manx. Wow this story!!! No I am a big fan of Mr. Manx and was excited to read this one and it does not disappoint! It is the longest story in this anthology. A post apocalyptic story of survival, heart and best yet….fear. Great story!!!
iBola by DE McCluskey, wow this was a fun read!!!! Two friends who have found a very different way of trying to perfect the perfect game. Then everything went horribly wrong. This story should come with a warning lol. Very disturbing but awesome.
3am And Wide Awake by Sarah E England. This was probably the creepiest story in the book. I will let this one be a surprise, let’s just say this one gave me chills!!
Definitely Not Haunted by Ashley Lister. This one, omg, what I liked about this one was the karma!!! A son buys a doll for his controlling mom’s collection. On the add it says definitively not haunted. Not all adds are truthful. Always remember that!
Beans For Supper by Tom Deady. This story was really sad. A man heads home to visit his father abusive father one last time. This is one messed up story, just a fair warning.
Snow Angels by Greg F Gifune. This one is about a father that has been away from his daughter for two years and is now coming to the small town that he left to take her home. But there are secrets in this town that he want’s to protect his daughter from. This one was really cool to read.
What The Dark Does by the great Graham Masterson. This was the second creepiest story in the book. Find out what happens when the lights go out. Heads up, it’s not good.
A Sense Of Belonging by Mark Towse. A man who kills his wife because she killed his son. He is heading somewhere before the police finally get him. And if you think that is the whole story god you would be so wrong!!!! Such a screwed up story. Fantastic.
Down Bitch by Richard Clive. I wasn’t really sure where this one was going when I was reading it. A trans female being bullied horribly by classmates. No friends, family doesn’t understand or support. When the bullying goes too far, she finds out she needs no one but her pack!!!!
This book was full of some of the best stories I have read in a while. Great collection that you should definitely check out. I loved it!!!!!
February 22, 2024
The Horror Collection: Turquoise Edition presented by KJK Publishing is a collection of tales that will pull on your heartstrings, make you physically ill, and leave you wishing you had a nightlight for your room before you turn in for the night.
Just when I thought these collections couldn’t get any more dark! These tales took things into grief horror territory in many creative ways, whether that was the loss of a loved one or the loss of their world as they knew it.
My favorites from the collection include:
Snow Angels By Greg F. Gifune
What the Dark Does By Graham Masterton
Horror fans, this is yet another collection from KJK Publishing that you need on your shelves!
Check out my full review here: https://www.ericarobynreads.com/the-h...
Just when I thought these collections couldn’t get any more dark! These tales took things into grief horror territory in many creative ways, whether that was the loss of a loved one or the loss of their world as they knew it.
My favorites from the collection include:
Snow Angels By Greg F. Gifune
What the Dark Does By Graham Masterton
Horror fans, this is yet another collection from KJK Publishing that you need on your shelves!
Check out my full review here: https://www.ericarobynreads.com/the-h...
September 23, 2024
A collection of tales of terror and mystery
Although the majority of tales are good a couple of them were predictable.
But there are a few gems in this book of short stories that make it a worthwhile read.
Although the majority of tales are good a couple of them were predictable.
But there are a few gems in this book of short stories that make it a worthwhile read.
May 6, 2025
Meh
It's got a few good stories and a couple of garbage stories. Unfortunately the garbage outweighs the good.
2.5 stars for your LGBTQFDGCZX.
It's got a few good stories and a couple of garbage stories. Unfortunately the garbage outweighs the good.
2.5 stars for your LGBTQFDGCZX.
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