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Three Tales of Terror A young family is haunted by something sinister in the night, a strange thing which cannot be stopped... With a mad scientist at the helm, a cursed ship sets sail on a mysterious voyage into the unknown... A group of unsuspecting college students are invited to an epic Halloween party, an affair hosted by hellish fiends. Monsters and ghosts, madness and murder, fear and suspense - this inaugural trilogy of original horror stories covers the entire spectrum of darkest evil. All are crafted with a punishing intensity and merciless brutality, and few readers will survive the experience unscathed.
- GenresHorror
132 pages, Paperback
First published April 12, 2014
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Mike Miller
23 books6 followersMike Miller lives in L.A. with his daughters and is a graduate of UC Berkeley and WGU. He has written numerous short stories, comics, screenplays and novels in all genres, such as "The Yeti," "Promoted," "Garrison Rex," and the "3VIL" series. He has also overseen the subtitling and translation for hundreds of films, video games and television shows like "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "Seinfeld," "Madden," "Kung Fu Hustle," and "The Simpsons."
His favorite writers include Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, David Mitchell, Matt Groening, the Coen Brothers, Ottessa Moshfegh, Billy Wilder, Dan Simmons and Stanley Kubrick.
His favorite writers include Kurt Vonnegut, Philip K. Dick, David Mitchell, Matt Groening, the Coen Brothers, Ottessa Moshfegh, Billy Wilder, Dan Simmons and Stanley Kubrick.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
October 16, 2015
Fantastic horror stories that were gripping from the getgo and never let up. All 3 were very spooky, interesting and different. So glad no boring zombies, vampires and werewolves, but weird, new creepy horrors instead. My favorite was the third story about the crazy party.
April 5, 2016
Though each story may be quite different in subject and tone from the others, all three are extremely well-crafted reads. None waste any time in delivering gripping and suspenseful stories which are as relentless as they come. As a whole, the book exhibits a nice spectrum of horror, containing scares that range from subtle creepiness to outlandish violence. Like H.P. Lovecraft, the narratives have unclassifiable supernatural elements which defy typical categorization like so many ripoff "zombie" or "vampire" stories. While many modern horror stories also hew to a certain code and rhythm in their rules for the heroes, villains and plots, these tales do not. So a big part of the collection's appeal is their skewering of typical genre conventions in delivering fresh, unconventional scares.
The first story, "Baby's Beast," is arguably the weakest, if only for the fact that it's the most traditional of the lot. Young family, haunted house... But again, how the story unfolds is exciting and different from the usual fare, with a sharp ending too.
The next story, "Black Science," is astounding for the fact that it is written in the first-person plural, i.e. "We did this. We thought that." The unique voice enlivens the entire experience and really makes the reader feel as if they are part of the ship's crew, the nifty antiheroes in this Gothic sea adventure.
"Samhain," the final story, is the longest and contains more pure terror than the others. It starts with a proverbial group of partying teens but goes to a very dark place by the end. I can't recall ever seeing anyone else use a Halloween party as the backdrop for a horror story, but it is an obvious setting which is mined superbly for maximum fright. Once things start going, there is not a moment's rest, as the stakes get continuously raised to the wild finale. Reading this story is the equivalent of entering a fabulously bizarre and gruesome funhouse.
For some, these stories might be too intense since they do not adhere to familiar and comforting horror tropes. But to genre fans of King, Lovecraft or "V/H/S," this mini-anthology is a genuinely scary read.
The first story, "Baby's Beast," is arguably the weakest, if only for the fact that it's the most traditional of the lot. Young family, haunted house... But again, how the story unfolds is exciting and different from the usual fare, with a sharp ending too.
The next story, "Black Science," is astounding for the fact that it is written in the first-person plural, i.e. "We did this. We thought that." The unique voice enlivens the entire experience and really makes the reader feel as if they are part of the ship's crew, the nifty antiheroes in this Gothic sea adventure.
"Samhain," the final story, is the longest and contains more pure terror than the others. It starts with a proverbial group of partying teens but goes to a very dark place by the end. I can't recall ever seeing anyone else use a Halloween party as the backdrop for a horror story, but it is an obvious setting which is mined superbly for maximum fright. Once things start going, there is not a moment's rest, as the stakes get continuously raised to the wild finale. Reading this story is the equivalent of entering a fabulously bizarre and gruesome funhouse.
For some, these stories might be too intense since they do not adhere to familiar and comforting horror tropes. But to genre fans of King, Lovecraft or "V/H/S," this mini-anthology is a genuinely scary read.
July 13, 2016
L'inizio è piacevolissimo, poi veramente da brivido. La conclusione mi è sembrata non all'altezza dei presupposti.
December 3, 2014
Amateurish at best. It's like the author is trying way too hard. And it wasn't good.
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