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Candy And Other Nightmares
Seven cryptic journeys to the unknown, unexpected and unfathomable. And while our expedition may not call for shiny crosses or vials of special water, packing a few probably wouldn't hurt. And a keen eye to the nearest marked exit might also be wise. Just in case...
- GenresHorror
248 pages, Paperback
Published April 8, 2016
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July 9, 2021
I truly enjoyed most of these stories. They were creepy, strange and imaginative. Better than many collections I've read before. The narrator was great to listen to and that added to the stories. Not all of them were scary. Nice group of stories.
May 14, 2016
Candy and Other Nightmares by Rod Senter
My thanks go out to Steve and Timi at MX Publishing for my review copy of this book. You guys rock!
“Chickamauga’s Dead”
Historically speaking, The Battle of Chickamauga was fought September 19-20, 1863. It was a major victory for the South. The battle was named for a nearby creek in northwest Georgia. It also had the second highest number of men killed in the Civil War battles.
The narrator has come to the Chickamauga Battlefield to investigate ghosts. Warned that the dead “sometimes get up” he puts his plan into action. The result is a disaster…
“Indian Summer”
Staff Sergeant Glen Dennis is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He likes to visit Arlington Cemetery to see the graves of his friends who died in the war. But this time is different…
“Last of the Shadows”
Benny Mitchell, Sean Williams, and Joshua Snydar are the last three members of a gang called “the Shadows.” The club was devoted to mischief-making; going to extreme lengths to maximize the effect of every prank. Now they plan on pranking Horace B Stubbers, an old man who lives alone and bound to a wheelchair. Pranks don’t always go the way they are planned…
“Call Me Angie”
Ben Marlow finds himself fascinated with tracking down a girl that went to his school, Angela Cosgrove. As he sets out on this mission, Marlow begins to wonder if he is merely obsessed with Angie, or if he is going mad…
“Relatively Dead”
Kevin Conners is in a mental institution. At the age of thirteen he discovered an abandoned graveyard on a forgotten, officially closed road. Kevin then made his way into the history of Indian Creek, Ohio—an in for life at Longview State Hospital for the Criminally Insane…
“To Die For”
Scientists from the 22nd Century send a library back in time, landing it at Normandy, France, just about the day of the Allied Invasion. Bringing the building back brings a soldier with it. Staff Sergeant Ray North has seen the future—and he is not amused…
“Candy”
Candy Harper was a woman with a reputation for being somewhat loose with her morals. Her house on Amazon Avenue was a split level, the front door on the second floor, the driveway entrance on the first. Candy was found strangled in her house, in a rocking chair still creaking. The house has been sold, and the death was two decades ago. But Candy isn’t finished with her house…
The stories are comparable to Edgar Allan Poe’s tales, full of death and madness. Things are never what they seem to be at first. The twists and turn, the double-take reveals, and the many different historical periods make the tales very ghostly and ghastly.
I give this ghost story anthology five stars! Nice book, Rod!
Quoth the Raven…
My thanks go out to Steve and Timi at MX Publishing for my review copy of this book. You guys rock!
“Chickamauga’s Dead”
Historically speaking, The Battle of Chickamauga was fought September 19-20, 1863. It was a major victory for the South. The battle was named for a nearby creek in northwest Georgia. It also had the second highest number of men killed in the Civil War battles.
The narrator has come to the Chickamauga Battlefield to investigate ghosts. Warned that the dead “sometimes get up” he puts his plan into action. The result is a disaster…
“Indian Summer”
Staff Sergeant Glen Dennis is a veteran of the Vietnam War. He likes to visit Arlington Cemetery to see the graves of his friends who died in the war. But this time is different…
“Last of the Shadows”
Benny Mitchell, Sean Williams, and Joshua Snydar are the last three members of a gang called “the Shadows.” The club was devoted to mischief-making; going to extreme lengths to maximize the effect of every prank. Now they plan on pranking Horace B Stubbers, an old man who lives alone and bound to a wheelchair. Pranks don’t always go the way they are planned…
“Call Me Angie”
Ben Marlow finds himself fascinated with tracking down a girl that went to his school, Angela Cosgrove. As he sets out on this mission, Marlow begins to wonder if he is merely obsessed with Angie, or if he is going mad…
“Relatively Dead”
Kevin Conners is in a mental institution. At the age of thirteen he discovered an abandoned graveyard on a forgotten, officially closed road. Kevin then made his way into the history of Indian Creek, Ohio—an in for life at Longview State Hospital for the Criminally Insane…
“To Die For”
Scientists from the 22nd Century send a library back in time, landing it at Normandy, France, just about the day of the Allied Invasion. Bringing the building back brings a soldier with it. Staff Sergeant Ray North has seen the future—and he is not amused…
“Candy”
Candy Harper was a woman with a reputation for being somewhat loose with her morals. Her house on Amazon Avenue was a split level, the front door on the second floor, the driveway entrance on the first. Candy was found strangled in her house, in a rocking chair still creaking. The house has been sold, and the death was two decades ago. But Candy isn’t finished with her house…
The stories are comparable to Edgar Allan Poe’s tales, full of death and madness. Things are never what they seem to be at first. The twists and turn, the double-take reveals, and the many different historical periods make the tales very ghostly and ghastly.
I give this ghost story anthology five stars! Nice book, Rod!
Quoth the Raven…
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