Voices

by Mark S. Deniz

In every room, there is a story.


In this hotel, the stories run to the wicked and macabre.


Well crafted psychological and supernatural horror offerings await you, each written by a master storyteller. Whether you are looking to be shocked, disturbed or out-right frightened, Voices will have something to titillate your nerves and make your hair stand up on end!

Genres: Horror, Short Stories

Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I bought this book for the Carole Johnstone story.

Forward

11 - “Prologue 1928” by Robert Hood

15 - Illusions

17 - “Sanctuary” by Carole Johnstone

27 - “The Mirror” by K.V. Taylo

37 - “His Only Company, the Walls” by Brad C. Hodson

51 - “Remainders: 1948” by Robert Hood

57 - By The Hand

59 - “Paris” by Todd C. Edwards

69 - “Just Us” by Pete Kempshall

79 - “A Picture of Death” by Shane Jiraiya Cummings

93 - “Remainders: 1968” by Robert Hood

99 - Possessions

101 - “Constance Craving” by Gary McMahon

113 - "Bedbugs” by Martin Livings

121 - “Faking It” by Siobhan Byford

129 - “Remainders: 1988” by Robert Hood

133 - Epiphanies

135 - “Sentinel” by Sonia Marcon

145 - “The Suicide Room” by Paul Kane

161 - “The Man Who Wasn’t There” by Rodney J. Smith

167 - “Remainders: 2008” by Robert Hood

173 - “Epilogue” by Robert Hood

177 - About The Editors

Cover Artist - Reece Notley

There are some good stories here, some bad, and sadly some boring. The book is Psychological horror with little or no blood and guts. Most of the writers I have not encountered previously.

If nothing else this collection will make you think twice the next time you stay in a hotel/motel room with or with out bedbugs.

[Lauren Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Impersonal and unknown, surrounded by strangers and desperately lonely – these are the most unsettling characteristics of hotel rooms and while hotels sometimes carry connotations of holidays and pampering, they also lend themselves very easily to horror. Voices is an indie anthology of horror stories set in a sinister old hotel. The authors have imagined what you might hear in those rooms, and behind the locked doors are voices that whisper, plead, threaten and scream. Some reveal dark secrets; some are the ramblings of insane minds; some might be the voices of ghosts or other paranormal beings. Hotel rooms are so impersonal and alienating and yet, as this anthology often suggests, they bring out deeply personal, often deeply disturbing aspects of the people who occupy them.

Read the full review on my blog Violin in a Void