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Blood Wish
Signed limited to 300 numbered copies.
I wish I may.
Eight-year-old Evan Murphy has just lost his father to cancer. His grief-stricken mother has uprooted him from the only life he’s ever known to
move him to the small mountain town where she grew up. All he knows of the dark forest surrounding his new home are the fanciful stories from his
mother’s youth about a hidden well that grants any wish.
I wish I might.
There are other children in the woods, children who stalk him from the shadows and stand beneath his window at night. Children with severed arms
tied off with bloody burlap, their mouths wired shut by rusted lengths of wire to forever hold the secrets they would share.
Live to see another night.
Something even more evil hides in the darkest reaches of the forest, wishing for Evan.
Wishing for blood.
I wish I may.
Eight-year-old Evan Murphy has just lost his father to cancer. His grief-stricken mother has uprooted him from the only life he’s ever known to
move him to the small mountain town where she grew up. All he knows of the dark forest surrounding his new home are the fanciful stories from his
mother’s youth about a hidden well that grants any wish.
I wish I might.
There are other children in the woods, children who stalk him from the shadows and stand beneath his window at night. Children with severed arms
tied off with bloody burlap, their mouths wired shut by rusted lengths of wire to forever hold the secrets they would share.
Live to see another night.
Something even more evil hides in the darkest reaches of the forest, wishing for Evan.
Wishing for blood.
- GenresHorror
99 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2007
About the author
Michael McBride
111 books484 followersMichael McBride was born in Colorado and still resides in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains. He hates the snow, but loves the Avalanche. He works with medical radiation, yet somehow managed to produce five children, none of whom, miraculously, have tails, third eyes, or other random mutations. He writes fiction that runs the gamut from thriller to horror to science fiction...and loves every minute of it.
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February 14, 2015
“Children with severed arms tied off with bloody burlap, their mouths wired shut by rusted lengths of wire to forever hold the secrets they would share.”
Mr. Mcbride is quite clever in his ability to seduce you into his stories. He has become an expert in empathy for his characters. He so well tells of the loss of youth and innocence the son and the sorrow of his mother dealing with the loss of his father.
The story is well worth seeking out. My copy is a small hardcover number 158 of 300 numbered and signed copies published by Delirium books.
Mr. Mcbride is quite clever in his ability to seduce you into his stories. He has become an expert in empathy for his characters. He so well tells of the loss of youth and innocence the son and the sorrow of his mother dealing with the loss of his father.
The story is well worth seeking out. My copy is a small hardcover number 158 of 300 numbered and signed copies published by Delirium books.
June 29, 2014
Blood Wish is the haunting tale of 8 year old Evan Murphy, his Father recently passed away from cancer, his Mother copes with the loss the only way she can, on a wave of mind numbing drugs and they move to the countryside to be closer to family.
Whilst playing in the back garden Evan sees shadows of children, hears then playing and sneaking about in the woods. All Evan wants is someone to play with but these aren’t children who want to play, the dead don’t want to play, all they seek is a final peace and they want Evan to help them find it.
His Mother tells of her time playing in the woods and the search for a figmental wishing well and Evan decides he must find the well and turn back time with his wish, for his family.
He finds the well and the reclusive keeper and suddenly he’s in a terrifying world of dead children, that only his Mother can save him from.
A hauntingly creepy novella from Michael McBride who’s fast becoming one of my favourite authors.
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Whilst playing in the back garden Evan sees shadows of children, hears then playing and sneaking about in the woods. All Evan wants is someone to play with but these aren’t children who want to play, the dead don’t want to play, all they seek is a final peace and they want Evan to help them find it.
His Mother tells of her time playing in the woods and the search for a figmental wishing well and Evan decides he must find the well and turn back time with his wish, for his family.
He finds the well and the reclusive keeper and suddenly he’s in a terrifying world of dead children, that only his Mother can save him from.
A hauntingly creepy novella from Michael McBride who’s fast becoming one of my favourite authors.
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August 6, 2014
book four of my Delerium little books set, im reading each not knowing a thing about what these are about, and only familiar with 2 of the seven authors( book six is co-written by 2)this is a 100 page novella about loss, a mother and son who are dealing with the loss of a husband/father, the loss of youth and innocence the son must grow up faster than he should, a mothers struggle to deal with her emotional pain. oh yeah and there is a mystery, and ghosts, and halfway through the book changes pace and you cannot put the book down until the blood soaked conclusion. to say any more would ruin the experience. worth the Kindle investment for a chilling fast read!
February 14, 2017
Bloodwish is a novella by McBride, that is a scary modern fairy tale. It tells the story of a little boy who is out to fix the sadness that his mother is feeling, after the death of his father. He proposes to do this by finding the magic well in the woods, that his mother told him about. There are little mutilated supernatural children who are helping him out, that were previous victims of something dark, and they ask the boy for help. So the boy is now out to help both parties.
This was a great story. I loved the Grimm Fairy Tale feel to the story, and McBride made me feel compassion for the boy, and for his mother. The author did a good job, and this was a good book.
This was a great story. I loved the Grimm Fairy Tale feel to the story, and McBride made me feel compassion for the boy, and for his mother. The author did a good job, and this was a good book.
February 27, 2013
An eight-year old boy and his pharmaceutically induced painter mother live in the woods. Just about when I was about to give up on this story for not enough conflicts (and the worn dark forest setting), the boy starts seeing all these ghostly children with severed arms and mouths wired shut.
Yikes.
Rereading the story description before writing this review I realized that gives away a bit too much about what happens in this short and surprising novella. It's almost like the author lulls the reader to sleep in the setup and then breaks out a bat with rusted nails for the final half of the story. The title suggests a "Monkey's Paw" type story, but fortunately it doesn't go there. The magic well teased at in the description is also a bit player. I enjoy reading stories like this that give me a false sense of security. Clever, skillful writing. 3.75 stars. 1,025 Kindle locations.
Yikes.
Rereading the story description before writing this review I realized that gives away a bit too much about what happens in this short and surprising novella. It's almost like the author lulls the reader to sleep in the setup and then breaks out a bat with rusted nails for the final half of the story. The title suggests a "Monkey's Paw" type story, but fortunately it doesn't go there. The magic well teased at in the description is also a bit player. I enjoy reading stories like this that give me a false sense of security. Clever, skillful writing. 3.75 stars. 1,025 Kindle locations.
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