Twisted all to Hell

by J.E. Moore, Gary Chapman (Editor)

An award winning, macabre compilation of bizarre and ponderous tales featuring a Twist within. Sixteen are a combination of Supernatural, Horror, Science-fiction, Occult, Paranormal, Fantasy, and Adventure with two additional tales based on real-life experiences. I am confident it will be one of the best short story collections you have ever read. Story #1: Number One Munching Lane > A young girl's encounter with the macabre cuisine at a nineteenth century children's orphanage. #2: Murder in the Fourth Dimension > A criminal is drawn into the future to stand trial for a murder he hasn't committed, yet. #3: A Fowl Covenant > A man's infatuation with birds turns into demonic trickery and foul play. #4: The Southernmost Ghost > A true personal encounter with a ghost who stills haunts in Key West Fl. # 5: I am the President > A U.S. president faces his deranged, cannibalistic countrymen after a nuclear war which his caused. # 6: I had a Dream > A bitter-sweet, Black parody of life if the South had won the American Civil War. # 7: X241B > A man realizes the horrific, full impact of his motorcycle accident. # 8: The Devil's Fog > A (true) supernatural shark attack in the Devil's Triangle. # 9: Code Pandora > A deputy U.S. Marshal pursues a group of scientists who have discovered astronomy data which originated from the Edge of the Universe and drives people to suicide. #10: Garawn > A husband's and wife's encounter with a immortal body-snatcher in the 21st century. #11: Red Eyes > Time's up for a man who sold his soul to the Devil and the anguish of another whose clock is winding down. #12: Bad Bones > Santeria magic's effect (resurrection) on twin brothers born in the Deep South. #13: The Green Flash > Two exotic flower hunters pass through a portal created by a Green Flash and find the Utopia on the other side is not what it appears to be. Then, there's the surprise upon escaping and retuning home. #14: 'Til Death Do Us Part' > An introverted, bitter, reclusive, rural nineteenth century woman unwantedly becomes the oldest person to ever live due to her being hyper-frozen. She successfully escapes her new gawking world through death. Or does she? #15: Reset > A senior citizen's retirement home in a pleasant, future neighborhood is being burglarized. The man decides to take action only to discover his life and world are not what he sees. #16: Game Over > Every night in dreams a man shares a death, for which he was responsible, of one of his six former employees. Over and over the horrors intensify, grow and repeat until a game changing end. #17: Into the Above > An expeditionary team from a civilization living underground is sent to the Above to find the source and stop a toxic gas flowing down into the Colonies. #18: The Cardinal > The tale of a young Army soldier who was declared Missing in Action / presumed Dead concludes with a bizarre Twist.

Genres: Horror, Anthologies

309 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 7, 2014

Reviews

[Bryan Worth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Decent enough read

Some really good and original plot lines, and imaginative variations on themes, very slightly let down by a fair amount of typos and omissions. I did my bit and submitted the corrections so hopefully they'll get edited out in future. Having said that, I did enjoy reading this eclectic selection anyway.

[mel toland · Rating 2 out of 5]

Needs work

The author has a good imagination but, unfortunately, he's not a very good writer. Stories had good themes, and the ideas were inventive, but, alas, they were poorly written. Too bad.

[gerry latawiec · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terrible book title but..

..these short stories are very good. It's a nice mix of science fiction with horror. Not particularly gory, just nice and entertaining as stories should be.

[Phoenix Black · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fantastic

Only two stories out of this fifteen story collection was disappointing. Other than that, a book worth sinking your teeth into.

[Ruckerlady · Rating 3 out of 5]

Twisted

There are some good stories in this book, and there are some not so good ones. It’s worth reading just for the good ones.

[Micky Parise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this collection. Enjoyed all the stories, I'm not a big Science-fiction fan but even the science-fiction ones were decent. Recommend.

[Sarah · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some creative stories, but the grammar errors were distracting

[mark feenan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Got this book off Amazon for free. A decent collection of short stories,perfect for bedtime reading. Enjoyed the majority of them.

[John Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great stories

Thoroughly enjoyed reading the vast end these stories, thank you very much for sharing them. Would recommend to anyone who enjoys this genre.