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666
Come one come all and enter the realm of the 666 word story. Imagine the terrifying journey the authors went through to create a story of EXACTLY 666 words... This is a collection of devilish, fiendish and downright pant-wetting stories from authors from around the world.
123 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 21, 2016
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Michael Brookes
15 books211 followersMichael Brookes is a Game Consultant with Frontier Foundry so rather than making games he now helps publish other people's games. He is also a volunteer and committee member with the German Shepherd Dog Welfare Fund assisting mostly with their online activities. And because he decided that he isn't busy enough has various other projects on the go including a website attempting to chronicle the history of his local village and using AI art tools to illustrate a new edition of John Milton's Paradise Lost.
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November 1, 2016
A scary collection of thirty-two horror shorts, every one of them exactly 666 words long!
These Fantables were mostly the result of a contest run by the publisher, Fantastic books Publishing, but include some tales by selected invited professional writers. The stories run the whole spectrum of horror writing from the traditional through to the contemporary weird. So, there’s something for all tastes here.
There’s a long tradition of scary stories for Halloween and this book is officially launched on the night of frights. You’ll find mystery, crime, tension, tales with a twist, vampires, black humour and threat in these 131 pages of well-written, frightening short stories.
I enjoyed the whole book, but among my favourites were Headhunted, by John Hoggard, A Prologue, by Rose Thurlbeck, Loft Conversion, by Denise Hayes, The Perfect Family, by Kester Park, Entombed by Ulla and Marko Susimetsa, The Number of the Beast, by Celia Coyne, His Spectre, by John Scotcher, Assisted, by Richard Dixon, The Statue in the Playground, by Darren Grey, Parents’ Evening, by CM Angus, Opening Doors, by Penny Grubb, Music at Full Moon, by Melodie Trudeaux, She Sings Only at Night, by Nathan Robinson, and Number Thirteen, by Linda Acaster.
A missed title is no reflection on the quality of the tale or author, merely a reflection of my personal tastes, since all the stories are worthy of inclusion in this great collection.
I should confess, for the sake of honesty, that the collection also includes my own story, Ouija.
As the anthology includes my own story, I can’t review on Amazon. However, I can place the review here and on Goodreads. If you’d like a copy of the book in either paperback or digital form, please click on the links. And, make sure you don’t read it before bed, or when alone!
These Fantables were mostly the result of a contest run by the publisher, Fantastic books Publishing, but include some tales by selected invited professional writers. The stories run the whole spectrum of horror writing from the traditional through to the contemporary weird. So, there’s something for all tastes here.
There’s a long tradition of scary stories for Halloween and this book is officially launched on the night of frights. You’ll find mystery, crime, tension, tales with a twist, vampires, black humour and threat in these 131 pages of well-written, frightening short stories.
I enjoyed the whole book, but among my favourites were Headhunted, by John Hoggard, A Prologue, by Rose Thurlbeck, Loft Conversion, by Denise Hayes, The Perfect Family, by Kester Park, Entombed by Ulla and Marko Susimetsa, The Number of the Beast, by Celia Coyne, His Spectre, by John Scotcher, Assisted, by Richard Dixon, The Statue in the Playground, by Darren Grey, Parents’ Evening, by CM Angus, Opening Doors, by Penny Grubb, Music at Full Moon, by Melodie Trudeaux, She Sings Only at Night, by Nathan Robinson, and Number Thirteen, by Linda Acaster.
A missed title is no reflection on the quality of the tale or author, merely a reflection of my personal tastes, since all the stories are worthy of inclusion in this great collection.
I should confess, for the sake of honesty, that the collection also includes my own story, Ouija.
As the anthology includes my own story, I can’t review on Amazon. However, I can place the review here and on Goodreads. If you’d like a copy of the book in either paperback or digital form, please click on the links. And, make sure you don’t read it before bed, or when alone!
October 30, 2025
What a tease
There were several stories in here I'd love to read more of, some I was like ehh. Overall it was tease into what the authors could write
There were several stories in here I'd love to read more of, some I was like ehh. Overall it was tease into what the authors could write
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