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Paths: Three short horror stories
A tribal ritual gone wrong, a time traveler who sets up his own demise, and a man grappling with the death of his wife; three short horror stories to tease your imagination. At the end of the day, we never really know where the paths we choose will lead us.
28 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 30, 2014
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October 6, 2019
3.5/5 stars
The three stories were interesting but I’m not sure I would classify them as horror. The first seemed the closest to horror but it was more sad than anything. The second is a time-honored classic of the butterfly effect and how there are fixed points in history that you can’t change no matter what. And the third story just confused me. The nightmares were creepy to read about definitely but I don’t understand the ending, I want to email Horton and ask him to explain the ending so badly!! I guess that means they’re good, if they’re sticking in my brain like that. But yeah as far as horror goes (and I mean I’m not an expert by any means) I wasn’t that scared or unsettled by these stories.
The three stories were interesting but I’m not sure I would classify them as horror. The first seemed the closest to horror but it was more sad than anything. The second is a time-honored classic of the butterfly effect and how there are fixed points in history that you can’t change no matter what. And the third story just confused me. The nightmares were creepy to read about definitely but I don’t understand the ending, I want to email Horton and ask him to explain the ending so badly!! I guess that means they’re good, if they’re sticking in my brain like that. But yeah as far as horror goes (and I mean I’m not an expert by any means) I wasn’t that scared or unsettled by these stories.
July 25, 2025
An eclectic blend of three horror short stories sitting at about 10 pages each give or take. Tribal rituals, a time traveler and life after death. My favorite was the final concluding story about a man being haunted by his deceased wife.
August 7, 2016
Three stories of horror. Not horror in the sense of heart-pounding fright, but horror in the sense of macabre and gothic (the third story in particular - What Comes Of Dreams - had a touch of Poe to it). Categorising is always difficult, and it is good to know what subset of writing something falls into. Shaun's best writing so far, I think. I liked the understated dreamlike quality of the first story (Rhythms), and the build-up of the final one (What Comes Of Dreams). I felt like the ending to What Comes Of Dreams could have capitalised more on what preceded it, but I enjoyed my time with Shaun's short tales.
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