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Alabama: Nightmares & Urban Legends
Sweet home some of the most beautiful scenery in the world and the best damn football in the country, but if you look a little closer, you might find something ominous hiding just beneath the surface of perception. Sleepy little towns often hold deep dark secrets best left alone. Talks of cults operating out in the woods, a witch living inside of Bangor Cave, the horrors of the abandoned Bryce Asylum, a ghostly hitchhiker forever walking down Highway Five—this is a part of our history and lore that we try to forget. These are the stories we told in whispers as children. These are the nightmares that kept us up at night. These are the reason we made sure our feet didn’t dangle off the edge of the bed. These were the stories we were never meant to know and most certainly weren’t ever to speak of aloud. These are our Alabama Nightmares & Urban Legends. Leave the light on, dear reader. You might regret it if you don’t... This book contains The Alabama Horror Collection Volume 1 in its entirety plus 11 more Alabama horror stories plus one bonus story, a prequel to the forthcoming novel The Spider's Web, the first in the Talon saga.
332 pages, Paperback
Published March 16, 2017
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February 21, 2023
"Alabama Nightmares & Urban Legends" by Jay Michael Wright II. I was sent my copy in exchange for a honest review.
"A ticket
A tasked
the twins are
out their caskets.
Drowning souls
in swimming holes
of everyone
who passes"
Prepare yourself for some of the spookiest tales Alabama has to offer.
Haunting's, demons, witches, and initiations are just a few examples of what you'll find inside these pages. The thing I loved most about this collection was how each story seemed connected, creating chilling Easter eggs of reoccurring character names and locations.
Out of the eleven stories included I chose a top three and these were my favorites:
"The Ballad of Priscilla and Persephone" follows the haunting of two twin girls. The nursery rhyme that opens this story is incredibly daunting and gave me actual chills. While this isn't a tale of Persephone and her journey into Hades, you WILL go on a journey all the same to a place equally as dark as Hades itself.
"The Long Road Home" is the reason I avoid taxi's, ubers, etc. Imagine being kidnapped while on a concert high on your way back to your hotel with your best friend and boyfriend. You can expect all the blood inside of this one. And that ending!? Not what I was expecting!
"The Dead Children's Playground" is a story I loved immediately just from the title. Grave yards have always been something that really truly creep me out. To me, they're sacred and they aren't meant to follick through whether it be day or night. A playground full of dead kiddos? Don't expect a happy ending from this one, it'll keep you up at night.
"A ticket
A tasked
the twins are
out their caskets.
Drowning souls
in swimming holes
of everyone
who passes"
Prepare yourself for some of the spookiest tales Alabama has to offer.
Haunting's, demons, witches, and initiations are just a few examples of what you'll find inside these pages. The thing I loved most about this collection was how each story seemed connected, creating chilling Easter eggs of reoccurring character names and locations.
Out of the eleven stories included I chose a top three and these were my favorites:
"The Ballad of Priscilla and Persephone" follows the haunting of two twin girls. The nursery rhyme that opens this story is incredibly daunting and gave me actual chills. While this isn't a tale of Persephone and her journey into Hades, you WILL go on a journey all the same to a place equally as dark as Hades itself.
"The Long Road Home" is the reason I avoid taxi's, ubers, etc. Imagine being kidnapped while on a concert high on your way back to your hotel with your best friend and boyfriend. You can expect all the blood inside of this one. And that ending!? Not what I was expecting!
"The Dead Children's Playground" is a story I loved immediately just from the title. Grave yards have always been something that really truly creep me out. To me, they're sacred and they aren't meant to follick through whether it be day or night. A playground full of dead kiddos? Don't expect a happy ending from this one, it'll keep you up at night.
June 22, 2018
Great stories + bonus story
Lots of horror & urban legend stories that take place in Ala. Great read, great selection. The bonus story is about vampires.
Lots of horror & urban legend stories that take place in Ala. Great read, great selection. The bonus story is about vampires.
December 11, 2021
Pretty good
Had some typos. Some information about Huntsville was inaccurate. May have been on purpose. Haven't heard some of these stories.
Had some typos. Some information about Huntsville was inaccurate. May have been on purpose. Haven't heard some of these stories.
July 27, 2023
Disappointed. Not what I was expecting. The book read more as a fiction novel of a collection of mundane ghosts stories. Some stores were tedious to read and appear never would end.
May 5, 2017
If you are ready to have a heart pounding read, this is for you.
If you want to be highly sqeezed out, this book is for you.
Seriously, I was pretty sqeezed. Probably more so cause it's all about Alabama. *shudders*
It was a solid book, and I really enjoyed how the author kept some of the stories tied together with certain characters.
If you want to be highly sqeezed out, this book is for you.
Seriously, I was pretty sqeezed. Probably more so cause it's all about Alabama. *shudders*
It was a solid book, and I really enjoyed how the author kept some of the stories tied together with certain characters.
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