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Confined Spaces
7 rooms,
7 trapped individuals,
7 terrifying tales....
An adulterous couple hear something dreadful happening next door; a movie-star is trapped in her hotel room; elsewhere a young man is buried alive on his uncle's farm; while another man wakes up, unsure of who he is or how he got there, in a perfectly white prison cell.
Seven disturbing tales of claustrophobic terror, from author of supernatural thrillers, F.R. Jameson.
7 trapped individuals,
7 terrifying tales....
An adulterous couple hear something dreadful happening next door; a movie-star is trapped in her hotel room; elsewhere a young man is buried alive on his uncle's farm; while another man wakes up, unsure of who he is or how he got there, in a perfectly white prison cell.
Seven disturbing tales of claustrophobic terror, from author of supernatural thrillers, F.R. Jameson.
102 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 15, 2017
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About the author
F.R. Jameson
37 books223 followersF.R. Jameson was born in Wales, but now lives in London with his wife and young daughter. He writes both historical thrillers and supernatural thrillers.
His books are, at the moment, mostly sorted into two different – but complimentary – series. The first, ‘Screen Siren Noir’, currently comprises of three novels: ‘Diana Christmas’, ‘Eden St. Michel’ and ‘Alice Rackham’. All of which tell the stories of beautiful British film stars caught up in Noir tales of blackmail, obsession, scandal and death. He is currently working on both the fourth and fifth books in the series.
The second series is more disturbing and scary, and lives under the moniker: ‘Ghostly Shadows’. Right now there is only one book published, a tale of supernatural revenge – ‘Death at the Shadows’. However, 2019 will bring four more entries to terrify and intrigue.
His blog - https://frjameson.com/ - is regularly updated with information about his writing, as well as film and book reviews. You can follow him @frjameson on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, and you can find him on Facebook.
His books are, at the moment, mostly sorted into two different – but complimentary – series. The first, ‘Screen Siren Noir’, currently comprises of three novels: ‘Diana Christmas’, ‘Eden St. Michel’ and ‘Alice Rackham’. All of which tell the stories of beautiful British film stars caught up in Noir tales of blackmail, obsession, scandal and death. He is currently working on both the fourth and fifth books in the series.
The second series is more disturbing and scary, and lives under the moniker: ‘Ghostly Shadows’. Right now there is only one book published, a tale of supernatural revenge – ‘Death at the Shadows’. However, 2019 will bring four more entries to terrify and intrigue.
His blog - https://frjameson.com/ - is regularly updated with information about his writing, as well as film and book reviews. You can follow him @frjameson on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest, and you can find him on Facebook.
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April 23, 2018
My new short story collection, CONFINED SPACES is available on KU right now (and in paperback as well if you feel like buying a present to scare any beloved claustrophobe in your life). If you do get chance to download it, read it and leave a review I would be tremendously grateful.
There are 7 rooms, 7 trapped individuals, 7 terrifying tales.
If I’m honest, it wasn’t a collection I set out to write, but when I started to pull together the short stories in my locker I realised just how many of them were on the theme of being trapped. This isn’t a surprise as I have been a claustrophobic my whole life – with a fear of small locked rooms, lifts and most particularly pot-holing – and good little horror writer that I am, I write about what scares me.
Just over half the stories here have been published before, on the now defunct Spinetinglers website back in the day, as well as showing up in a couple of compendium collections. This is the first time I’ve brought them together under one banner though, and I’ve written three fresh tales to accompany them. Each of them about being caged, about being caught with no escape, about every exit being closed off.
I hope they give you the chill of enjoyment!
There are 7 rooms, 7 trapped individuals, 7 terrifying tales.
If I’m honest, it wasn’t a collection I set out to write, but when I started to pull together the short stories in my locker I realised just how many of them were on the theme of being trapped. This isn’t a surprise as I have been a claustrophobic my whole life – with a fear of small locked rooms, lifts and most particularly pot-holing – and good little horror writer that I am, I write about what scares me.
Just over half the stories here have been published before, on the now defunct Spinetinglers website back in the day, as well as showing up in a couple of compendium collections. This is the first time I’ve brought them together under one banner though, and I’ve written three fresh tales to accompany them. Each of them about being caged, about being caught with no escape, about every exit being closed off.
I hope they give you the chill of enjoyment!
September 27, 2017
F R Jameson dishes up seven delightful tales of terror in this highly enjoyable read. Each story is set in one small place, which vary from a luxurious hotel suite to a box in the ground.
Adultery starts things off with an incredible simple yet frightening concept. Then there's The Tale of The Movie Star In Her Ivory Tower, which is a story of two famous film stars that provided an ending that couldn't fail to make me smile. Each story is entertaining & they deal with everything from betrayal to alien invasion.
As a nice bonus the Kindle edition also contains the opening chapter to F R Jameson's novel The Wannabes.
Adultery starts things off with an incredible simple yet frightening concept. Then there's The Tale of The Movie Star In Her Ivory Tower, which is a story of two famous film stars that provided an ending that couldn't fail to make me smile. Each story is entertaining & they deal with everything from betrayal to alien invasion.
As a nice bonus the Kindle edition also contains the opening chapter to F R Jameson's novel The Wannabes.
March 18, 2020
Satisfying
Seven short stories. Seven tales of locked rooms. Each story more satisfying than the last. An enjoyable book that is quickly read.
Seven short stories. Seven tales of locked rooms. Each story more satisfying than the last. An enjoyable book that is quickly read.
December 14, 2017
Unaware that this is a collection of short stories and not one novel with "7 stories that are connected" I sadly did not particularly enjoy this book. While it was well written, to me the stories were not very exciting and lacking the promised terror. I read the whole book in one sitting, on my commute home, in about a couple of hours. Some of the endings just left me thinking if that's it.
I would definitely read a book by F.R. Jameson again as for the way he describes the scenes and events happening, but will not choose short stories again.
I would definitely read a book by F.R. Jameson again as for the way he describes the scenes and events happening, but will not choose short stories again.
November 7, 2017
This collection of seven tales of terror is not recommended if you have a nervous disposition, are in any way paranoid or succumb to the modern disease of ‘snowflake-itis’. If you’ve ever read any of Herbert Van Thal’s classic Tales of Horror, you’ll probably know what to expect, though you will still find each atmospheric offering tantalising and thought-provoking.
‘Adultery’ concerns a man and woman in a seedy hotel room, committing adultery. But then they hear something happening in the adjacent room. Something that tests their commitment and their sanity… A fine tale of tension.
‘The White Room’ finds an unnamed man regain consciousness in a white room. Trapped. He doesn’t know why. Food arrives while he is asleep. Confined, how can he escape? Hope burgeons in his chest. He discovers a possible way to get out; if he’s careful, he can engineer a break-out. Patience over the days is required and, no easy task, he must keep his actions secret… A good nightmarish tale.
‘The Movie Star in her Ivory Tower’ is not so grim as the preceding stories. Elizabeth, a well-known actress, is confined in her hotel room, hiding from the paparazzi while Richard was out somewhere getting her ‘a surprise’… Trapped in a four-star hotel room. Despair very nearly overcomes her, the balcony beckoning… A sympathetic study of the price of fame, with a devilish twist at the end; Elizabeth would have approved.
‘Stonebridge’ isn’t a place but a person. Trevanion is trapped in a cellar beneath a great house that belongs to Stonebridge. How he got there and why promises there’s a grim and unpleasant fate awaiting Trevanion. This is a particularly gruesome tale, not for the squeamish!
The ‘Walkie-Talkie’ is held by the man buried alive. They can hear him pleading… and enjoy it. But they made a simple mistake… Unpleasant characters who get their comeuppance. Dark!
‘Isolation’ is about a man who suffers from night tremors, imagining ‘the monster’ is hiding in the dark corners. There had to be a monster. Hadn’t Amanda vanished? The monster had taken her, perhaps… She had thought the flat was haunted. Leave the light on after you’ve read this…
‘Solipsism at the End of the World’ finds our nameless narrator staring out of his front window. After just over four months, he has decided to take a step outside. That was before he noticed that strange cylinder in the sky. And those creatures… Self-imposed isolation might be the safest option – but for how long?
‘Adultery’ concerns a man and woman in a seedy hotel room, committing adultery. But then they hear something happening in the adjacent room. Something that tests their commitment and their sanity… A fine tale of tension.
‘The White Room’ finds an unnamed man regain consciousness in a white room. Trapped. He doesn’t know why. Food arrives while he is asleep. Confined, how can he escape? Hope burgeons in his chest. He discovers a possible way to get out; if he’s careful, he can engineer a break-out. Patience over the days is required and, no easy task, he must keep his actions secret… A good nightmarish tale.
‘The Movie Star in her Ivory Tower’ is not so grim as the preceding stories. Elizabeth, a well-known actress, is confined in her hotel room, hiding from the paparazzi while Richard was out somewhere getting her ‘a surprise’… Trapped in a four-star hotel room. Despair very nearly overcomes her, the balcony beckoning… A sympathetic study of the price of fame, with a devilish twist at the end; Elizabeth would have approved.
‘Stonebridge’ isn’t a place but a person. Trevanion is trapped in a cellar beneath a great house that belongs to Stonebridge. How he got there and why promises there’s a grim and unpleasant fate awaiting Trevanion. This is a particularly gruesome tale, not for the squeamish!
The ‘Walkie-Talkie’ is held by the man buried alive. They can hear him pleading… and enjoy it. But they made a simple mistake… Unpleasant characters who get their comeuppance. Dark!
‘Isolation’ is about a man who suffers from night tremors, imagining ‘the monster’ is hiding in the dark corners. There had to be a monster. Hadn’t Amanda vanished? The monster had taken her, perhaps… She had thought the flat was haunted. Leave the light on after you’ve read this…
‘Solipsism at the End of the World’ finds our nameless narrator staring out of his front window. After just over four months, he has decided to take a step outside. That was before he noticed that strange cylinder in the sky. And those creatures… Self-imposed isolation might be the safest option – but for how long?
January 11, 2022
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Welcome to another edition of Isaiah loves an author so is going to read everything they have ever published and then get sad when there is nothing left. Thankfully Jameson is more prolific of a writer than the usual author that gets me into one of these moods.
This book is an anthology of short stories about confined spaces, surprise. The first story is the one from the cover. A man wakes up in an all white room. EVERYTHING IS WHITE. The story isn’t all that spooky, but it really shows a morbid sense of humor if at the end you laugh like I did.
The rest of the stories follow everything from being trapped by monsters (both ones after the MC and the ones after others) to being trapped by the MC’s decisions. Sometimes it is unclear why or how the MC gets trapped, but the end result is the same. I would think a collection of stories with this narrow of a focus from the same author would get tiresome, but I was captivated yet again by Jameson’s writing. He was able to give multiple stories with a similar theme, but shown in such drastically different ways with unique characters each time.
Some of the stories take a bit longer than others to show how the person is trapped, sometimes the first trap isn’t the real trap. It is wonderful and impressive. One story talked about how you can be trapped by others who are just eating every piece of your life and throwing it to others. There are more ways to be trapped than just be locked in a room. I logically knew that, but somehow it still felt unthinkable at the same time.
I will happily continue reading everything Jameson has published. I need someone else who is reading him to talk to about it. PLEASE READ!
I got an ARC of this book.
Welcome to another edition of Isaiah loves an author so is going to read everything they have ever published and then get sad when there is nothing left. Thankfully Jameson is more prolific of a writer than the usual author that gets me into one of these moods.
This book is an anthology of short stories about confined spaces, surprise. The first story is the one from the cover. A man wakes up in an all white room. EVERYTHING IS WHITE. The story isn’t all that spooky, but it really shows a morbid sense of humor if at the end you laugh like I did.
The rest of the stories follow everything from being trapped by monsters (both ones after the MC and the ones after others) to being trapped by the MC’s decisions. Sometimes it is unclear why or how the MC gets trapped, but the end result is the same. I would think a collection of stories with this narrow of a focus from the same author would get tiresome, but I was captivated yet again by Jameson’s writing. He was able to give multiple stories with a similar theme, but shown in such drastically different ways with unique characters each time.
Some of the stories take a bit longer than others to show how the person is trapped, sometimes the first trap isn’t the real trap. It is wonderful and impressive. One story talked about how you can be trapped by others who are just eating every piece of your life and throwing it to others. There are more ways to be trapped than just be locked in a room. I logically knew that, but somehow it still felt unthinkable at the same time.
I will happily continue reading everything Jameson has published. I need someone else who is reading him to talk to about it. PLEASE READ!
November 10, 2024
This just didn't quite do it for me. I found a lot of the ideas sound as bases for stories, but they weren't developed enough. Like, for instance, "The Movie Star in Her Ivory Tower". Stars feeling trapped by the paparazzi isn't in itself a new idea, but this could have been made fresher focusing more on the feelings of tension and more description of her surroundings and the atmosphere than dwelling on her feelings about fame, because ultimately nothing new was said about that. When I got to the ending of that one, I saw that it did go in a fresh direction, but it was used as a shocker moment that would have had, I believe, more impact as a more fundamental part of the story. That's just one of the seven stories, but I had a similar feeling about most if not all of them.
November 25, 2018
Love to read
This is for you. Short stories you don’t know how they will end. Excellent righting exciting characters can’t wait for more
This is for you. Short stories you don’t know how they will end. Excellent righting exciting characters can’t wait for more
June 6, 2018
Perfect read when you need a little psychotic break... Enjoyable read, looking forward to reading more by F.R. Jameson.
October 19, 2019
I liked all the little short stories. The characters for each story was interesting to see what they would do. The short stories were well written. The stories had a nice steady pace, nothing was rushed. Some of them I would like to see turned into a book to find out more. I enjoyed each story.
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