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Morsels
Meeting the family is scary. Surviving them is a nightmare.
Connie can’t deny she’s nervous about meeting her boyfriend’s family. Spending the weekend at their ritzy woodland summer home, Evan’s already given her fair warning: that his parents are cold, snobbish, and especially unpleasant toward those outside their usual social circles.
So when Evan’s mother warmly greets them with open arms, Connie is as confused as he is. Evan’s parents are nothing like he described. They’re so friendly, in fact, Evan himself can hardly believe they’re real.
Then, while helping Evan’s mother with dinner preparations, Connie overhears strange noises coming from the basement—what almost sounds like voices calling out for help.
Connie doesn't realize that once the door is opened, it can’t be closed. Or that once she descends those rickety steps into the darkness below... she may never see the light of day again.
From horror author Abe Moss comes a relentlessly fast-paced supernatural nightmare that will leave you gripping the pages long into the night, and afraid to turn out the lights long after you're done.
Connie can’t deny she’s nervous about meeting her boyfriend’s family. Spending the weekend at their ritzy woodland summer home, Evan’s already given her fair warning: that his parents are cold, snobbish, and especially unpleasant toward those outside their usual social circles.
So when Evan’s mother warmly greets them with open arms, Connie is as confused as he is. Evan’s parents are nothing like he described. They’re so friendly, in fact, Evan himself can hardly believe they’re real.
Then, while helping Evan’s mother with dinner preparations, Connie overhears strange noises coming from the basement—what almost sounds like voices calling out for help.
Connie doesn't realize that once the door is opened, it can’t be closed. Or that once she descends those rickety steps into the darkness below... she may never see the light of day again.
From horror author Abe Moss comes a relentlessly fast-paced supernatural nightmare that will leave you gripping the pages long into the night, and afraid to turn out the lights long after you're done.
314 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 11, 2024
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Abe Moss
24 books424 followersAbe Moss has been writing horror stories for as long as he can remember, and hopes to never stop. He loves creature-features, psychological horror, supernatural horror, cosmic horror, you name it. With each book he writes, he hopes to try something a little different. The possibilities are endless and that's what he really loves about storytelling. He hopes you'll enjoy his stories, too!
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June 28, 2024
Interesting
4 stars for the great mind and story telling.
I wish the story would have tied together a little better. A lot of unanswered questions. A lot of why’s. But a great story all the same. For example the spider. Don’t want to give it away, but why?
4 stars for the great mind and story telling.
I wish the story would have tied together a little better. A lot of unanswered questions. A lot of why’s. But a great story all the same. For example the spider. Don’t want to give it away, but why?
August 15, 2024
What the hell was that? Based on the synopsis, I thought I was getting a somewhat scary thriller about one girls nightmare weekend meeting her boyfriends family for the first time. He'd prewarned her his parents would be snobbish and stuck up. His siblings cold and unfriendly. However, Connie and Evan arrive, his mother greets them with open arms. Again, I thought I was getting a domestic cat and mouse game. I was so wrong.
The very first line set the bar astronomically high. A few chapters in, I was fully invested. By the time Connie went down to the basement to investigate the strange noises coming from the darkness, I was jumping out of my skin. Usually I hate a somewhat misleading synopsis, but I'm so glad I went in mostly blind. I never knew what was coming next chapter to chapter. This was relatively short but no time was wasted. The writing flowed beautifully, at times intense and heartfelt. I could never have predicted that ending. My first, but definitely not my last, Abe Moss.
Content warnings - body horror (medium) sexual assault (from the past, mentioned but no details) child death, arachnophobia.
The very first line set the bar astronomically high. A few chapters in, I was fully invested. By the time Connie went down to the basement to investigate the strange noises coming from the darkness, I was jumping out of my skin. Usually I hate a somewhat misleading synopsis, but I'm so glad I went in mostly blind. I never knew what was coming next chapter to chapter. This was relatively short but no time was wasted. The writing flowed beautifully, at times intense and heartfelt. I could never have predicted that ending. My first, but definitely not my last, Abe Moss.
Content warnings - body horror (medium) sexual assault (from the past, mentioned but no details) child death, arachnophobia.
June 1, 2024
This is an honest review of Morsels by Abe Moss. Please be advised that I received an advance copy of this book.
At first I wasn’t quite sure I was going to finish this book as it started off a lot slower than I usually like. However that being said I’m glad that I did as it picked up quite a bit later in the book.
Without giving away too much, Morsels has a very much Invasion of the Body Snatchers with a twist of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard mixed in (at least in my opinion). The struggle of Evan, Connie and the remainder of Evan’s family was so intense after a while that you felt like you were right there with them in a battle for your life.
The choices each of them had to make left me with a feeling of uncertainty as I wondered if things would turn out well or not.
All in all, for a supernatural creature-feature this book was solid and a good introduction into the works of Abe Moss.
4/5 ⭐️
At first I wasn’t quite sure I was going to finish this book as it started off a lot slower than I usually like. However that being said I’m glad that I did as it picked up quite a bit later in the book.
Without giving away too much, Morsels has a very much Invasion of the Body Snatchers with a twist of Resident Evil 7: Biohazard mixed in (at least in my opinion). The struggle of Evan, Connie and the remainder of Evan’s family was so intense after a while that you felt like you were right there with them in a battle for your life.
The choices each of them had to make left me with a feeling of uncertainty as I wondered if things would turn out well or not.
All in all, for a supernatural creature-feature this book was solid and a good introduction into the works of Abe Moss.
4/5 ⭐️
September 29, 2024
This was fantastic!! A hidden horror gem that deserves muuuch more hype. Nervewrecking survival horror at it’s best!
September 15, 2024
What can I write? This book not at all good to me. Well, except the first part. It felt like I would never finish this book. Gross, the writing was more like rambling. I felt like I was in a pitch dark room which it see seems that was the way it was meant to be. It was written that way. Too far-fetched. Way over the top. There you have it.
December 2, 2024
As much as this had me interested enough to want to finish, I felt like this was just an exhausting read that seemed to not want to end.
Honestly the description is very misleading. I thought this was gonna be a book similar to the movie THE VISIT, you know about the creepy grandparents? I was excited when I thought this would be along those lines.
This is very different and gives me more so goofy and ridiculous creature feature /Hansel and Gretel vibes. Which sounds fun but really not a lot happened. It wasn’t gruesome enough, and the comedic relief was just awkward.
It felt way too long, and even when it did capture my interest it was only for a few pages and then I felt like I was being tricked all over again into a story I didn’t want.
Just wasn’t for me. The ending was rushed and meh. Which is weird for how long winded everything else felt.
Honestly the description is very misleading. I thought this was gonna be a book similar to the movie THE VISIT, you know about the creepy grandparents? I was excited when I thought this would be along those lines.
This is very different and gives me more so goofy and ridiculous creature feature /Hansel and Gretel vibes. Which sounds fun but really not a lot happened. It wasn’t gruesome enough, and the comedic relief was just awkward.
It felt way too long, and even when it did capture my interest it was only for a few pages and then I felt like I was being tricked all over again into a story I didn’t want.
Just wasn’t for me. The ending was rushed and meh. Which is weird for how long winded everything else felt.
April 30, 2025
3,5 ✨✨✨
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August 30, 2024DNF @ 30% READ ON KINDLE - NOT MY TYPE OF BOOK / THIS APPEARS TO BE SCI-FI
July 17, 2024
Leaves a lot of questions unanswered: what were they? How long have they been here? How old are they? What happened to make the children what they were? Character development was lacking until the end, when suddenly two of them became total baddies 🙄. I'm my opinion, it could've been wrapped up in 150 pages and would've been a better short story.
September 6, 2024
Started off good. Young couple going to meet the new family. Then takes a strange turn and the strangeness keeps coming in bounds. I’m not too sure what to make of this book, it could have taken many different directions with the doubles of the family being any sort of creature, however what they became was slightly bewildering.
April 21, 2025
the souls leaving their bodies reminded me of the protoplasm souls on spooky island from scooby doo
September 13, 2024
actually no thanks.
was really good in the beginning, but fell off the deep end as soon as they left the house. was lost on the plot after 10ish chapters. couldv'e been a "get out" situation but better, but no, they had to be aliens of some sort. maybe monsters? we never find out.
2 stars for pacing and getting me hooked in the first 20%.
was really good in the beginning, but fell off the deep end as soon as they left the house. was lost on the plot after 10ish chapters. couldv'e been a "get out" situation but better, but no, they had to be aliens of some sort. maybe monsters? we never find out.
2 stars for pacing and getting me hooked in the first 20%.
November 10, 2025
Wtf did I just read? This one went off the rails and not in a good way
November 14, 2025
3.4/5 stars ⭐
Not your typical horror—messy, gritty, and raw.
I actually liked this one overall, but I had a few issues. and I never really got the chance to connect with the characters before everything went off the rails. Because of that, some of the later moments didn’t hit as hard as they could have. I also wish there had been more explanation about the creatures—or the children—and where they came from. Being left totally in the dark on that was kind of frustrating, especially since the mystery felt like it had so much potential.
That said, there’s a lot this book does really well. The death scenes are super gritty and unflinching, showing the messy, chaotic side of horror that most books clean up or gloss over. It’s not pretty, but it feels real—and that rawness really works.
Dark, grim, and definitely gripping—I just wish it had taken a bit more time to let the characters and the mystery breathe.
Not your typical horror—messy, gritty, and raw.
I actually liked this one overall, but I had a few issues. and I never really got the chance to connect with the characters before everything went off the rails. Because of that, some of the later moments didn’t hit as hard as they could have. I also wish there had been more explanation about the creatures—or the children—and where they came from. Being left totally in the dark on that was kind of frustrating, especially since the mystery felt like it had so much potential.
That said, there’s a lot this book does really well. The death scenes are super gritty and unflinching, showing the messy, chaotic side of horror that most books clean up or gloss over. It’s not pretty, but it feels real—and that rawness really works.
Dark, grim, and definitely gripping—I just wish it had taken a bit more time to let the characters and the mystery breathe.
July 9, 2024
This book was weird AF. It started off intriguing and then just got weirder and weirder. I almost DNF but I skimmed through the ending just to say I finished it. (It did not get better towards the end.) Honestly, worst book I’ve read this year. 👎🏻
July 31, 2024
Excellent writing but absolutely the dumbest book I have ever finished reading....
October 23, 2025
3.5 ⭐️
August 23, 2024
Masterfully crafted horror.
A new boogeyman emerges, cloaked in the flesh of the familiar.
An awkward family get together, a grisly discovery in the basement, and a journey into the deep woods may sound like a familiar set-up, but everything that follows is fresh horror.
While never learning the origin or the mission of the predators in this story, the reader is still gob-smacked by the brutal destruction they bring. There is so much tension in-the-moment, the reader is too focused to acknowledge the escalating suspense. It becomes a series of ghastly visuals within the mind, the sign of expert story telling.
Deftly written with an economy of words. The type of novel that compels you to seek the authors other works.
Can recommend. (And then can we talk about Connie in the cellar?!)
A new boogeyman emerges, cloaked in the flesh of the familiar.
An awkward family get together, a grisly discovery in the basement, and a journey into the deep woods may sound like a familiar set-up, but everything that follows is fresh horror.
While never learning the origin or the mission of the predators in this story, the reader is still gob-smacked by the brutal destruction they bring. There is so much tension in-the-moment, the reader is too focused to acknowledge the escalating suspense. It becomes a series of ghastly visuals within the mind, the sign of expert story telling.
Deftly written with an economy of words. The type of novel that compels you to seek the authors other works.
Can recommend. (And then can we talk about Connie in the cellar?!)
June 26, 2024
This was an interesting premise but perhaps could have been executed differently. Short story format might have worked better, I found myself bored for big chunks of it, and I don't feel as though the hashing out of family drama added much to it.
September 11, 2024
not my cup of tea...at all...
April 15, 2025
An interesting concept but it all just fell short for me. The dialogue didn’t fit with the characters and they lacked any real development. Full of plot holes and unanswered questions.Had to persevere to finish it, almost left it multiple times
June 14, 2025
i really don’t know how to feel????????
this wasn’t at all what i was expecting????
i liked the beginning and the end felt really strong but the amount of gore??? it actually was repulsing at times and felt very unnecessary
3.5 stars? i think?
this wasn’t at all what i was expecting????
i liked the beginning and the end felt really strong but the amount of gore??? it actually was repulsing at times and felt very unnecessary
3.5 stars? i think?
August 14, 2024
August 2024
Kindle edition
Wasn't really sure what I was getting into, I guessed family imposters trying to eat them. Things went pretty quickly, no one brought the nice parents act, then onto second location and cage warming as the numbers twindled. Riley was out for revenge, Evan and Connie were there to meet the family, and Myles gets his say to end up eaten. Couldn't stand the mother, the real one and the doppleganger. It felt a bit Hansel and Gretel but more violent and gross.
Kindle edition
Wasn't really sure what I was getting into, I guessed family imposters trying to eat them. Things went pretty quickly, no one brought the nice parents act, then onto second location and cage warming as the numbers twindled. Riley was out for revenge, Evan and Connie were there to meet the family, and Myles gets his say to end up eaten. Couldn't stand the mother, the real one and the doppleganger. It felt a bit Hansel and Gretel but more violent and gross.
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June 13, 2024
3.5
undeniably unique, widely imaginative and crazy in many parts, but it lacked some crucial explanations and deeper character development to be perfect imo. nevertheless, i absolutely loved the rest of it!
undeniably unique, widely imaginative and crazy in many parts, but it lacked some crucial explanations and deeper character development to be perfect imo. nevertheless, i absolutely loved the rest of it!
October 7, 2024
I stayed not knowing what was happening the entire book, and absolutely could not put it down for anything. Strong female characters like you wouldn't even believe. I cried at the end. Definitely a weird book for weird girls. Thank you so much Abe Moss.
August 30, 2025
I rate this 3.5 stars.
I’ve read all of Beau Savage’s books, so when I found out that he’d written books under the pen name Abe Moss, I needed to check some out. This was my first selection, and it was a wild story. Evan is taking his girlfriend, Connie, to meet his family, and he warns her ahead of time about his parents: rather cold, frown upon those out of their usual cliques. But when they arrive, they’re greeted by his mother, Janice, who greets them warmly. Evan is confused.. so is Connie. So as she’s helping his mother in the kitchen, she hears noises coming from the basement. When Janice goes to check on the men working outside, Connie decides to look in the basement..and when she turns on the light, and steps down the stairs, she finds people gagged and tied up. People who look just like members of Evan’s family. The story quickly takes a dark, scary turn as Evan, Connie, and his real family members are taken to a building deep in the woods, where they are caged and subjected to horrors. This book would not be good for those who are squeamish. I had several “ugh” moments, but overall, I liked the book.
I’ve read all of Beau Savage’s books, so when I found out that he’d written books under the pen name Abe Moss, I needed to check some out. This was my first selection, and it was a wild story. Evan is taking his girlfriend, Connie, to meet his family, and he warns her ahead of time about his parents: rather cold, frown upon those out of their usual cliques. But when they arrive, they’re greeted by his mother, Janice, who greets them warmly. Evan is confused.. so is Connie. So as she’s helping his mother in the kitchen, she hears noises coming from the basement. When Janice goes to check on the men working outside, Connie decides to look in the basement..and when she turns on the light, and steps down the stairs, she finds people gagged and tied up. People who look just like members of Evan’s family. The story quickly takes a dark, scary turn as Evan, Connie, and his real family members are taken to a building deep in the woods, where they are caged and subjected to horrors. This book would not be good for those who are squeamish. I had several “ugh” moments, but overall, I liked the book.
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May 15, 2024
I enjoyed this supernatural nightmare! Bring on the creepy villains!
Evan brought his girlfriend, Connie to meet the family. He was worried how it would go, as his parents are not very friendly and on the snobbish side. Little did he know, he was going to deal with something much worse! His parents were acting weird and soon after the arrival, he found out why.
A must read if you like horror with a supernatural twist. The descriptive narrative had me wondering ... what is in the minds of Authors like Abe Moss? Well, I was part of it during this rollercoaster of a read.
Evan brought his girlfriend, Connie to meet the family. He was worried how it would go, as his parents are not very friendly and on the snobbish side. Little did he know, he was going to deal with something much worse! His parents were acting weird and soon after the arrival, he found out why.
A must read if you like horror with a supernatural twist. The descriptive narrative had me wondering ... what is in the minds of Authors like Abe Moss? Well, I was part of it during this rollercoaster of a read.
July 15, 2025
Not quite the book i was expecting when I took it camping. This was by far the best horror book I've read in some time. Edge of your seat, page turner, and unpredictable. Excited to try others by this author.
November 1, 2025
Now this is the kind of book I like to read. A different kind of story, this isn't the same ol, same ol horror story this is different. I like different. Not Lovecraftian, just different. I will be reading more from Abe Moss. I hope his other books are like this, it really kept me guessing. There was action right from the start and every turn was so unexpected. Really great novel.
August 9, 2024
Subtracting a star because I believe there are a few too many unanswered questions, but I really enjoyed this book. Even though it was pretty nasty 🤢
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