Haunted Tales

by Samie Sands

Find out what’s going bump in the night with stories and poetry from the most terrifying horror writers; Kevin S. Hall, Cecilia H. Doldan, Nicholas Boving, Stephen Downes, Kody Dibble, June Lundgren, Amy S. Pacini, June Rachelson-Ospa, Justin R. Beeman, Martha Jette, Debbie Johnson, Giselda Woldenga, Anthony V. Pugliese, Matt Mesnard, Rick Eddy, Michele Jones, Linda H. Gerald, Linda Jenkinson, Jake Elliot, Kally Jo Surbeck, Ekta Rawat, Mathias Jansson, Will Zeilinger, Delaina M. Waldron, Kimberly Klemm, Trisha Sugarek, Rae Desmond Jones, Jon Ospa and Samie Sands.

Genres: Horror, Anthologies

296 pages, Paperback

First published January 13, 2015

About the author

Samie Sands is the author of the AM13 Outbreak series, published by Limitless Publishing. She's also had short stories included in Amazon best selling anthologies and work featured on Wattpad.

To follow Samie's work, please check out her website and social media.

Reviews

[Zain · Rating 1 out of 5]

I Don’t Think So!

I know the title of this book is Haunted Tales, but it was very hard to find anything haunted in here.

And that’s all I have to say.

[Fee Roberts · Rating 3 out of 5]

Haunted Tales by Samie Sands and other various authors is an anthology of poems and short stories.

1. The Damaged Doll by Kevin S. Hall: ***
2. Rebirth by Cecilia Hernando Doldan (poem): ***
3. The Evil Among Us by Nicholas Boving: ****
4. Fortuna and the Dead by Stephen Downes (poem): **
5. Joining In by Kody Dibble (poem): **
6. Graveyard Encounter (A True Story) by June Lundgren: **
7. Haunts & Horrors by Amy S. Pacini: *
8. Hyde and Seek - The Tale of Young Master Henry Jekyll (A sample of the play) by June
Rachelson-Ospa: ***
9. Caged by Justin R. Beeman: *****
10. When Ed Met Avril by Martha Jette: **
11. Your Knife by Debbie Johnson (poem): **
12. Final Revenge by Gisela Woldenga: **
13. The Changeling by Anthony V. Pugliese (poem): **
14. The Haunted Hoagie by Matt Mesnard: *
15. Demon Comes to Challenge my Faith by Martha Jette: ** Read like a textbook.
16. Better than his word by Rick Eddy: * Opinion piece.
17. Erebus by Michele Jones: ***
18. Prologue: Till Heaven Then Forever by Linda Heavner Gerald: DNF. Contained too many religious
opinions.
19. Henry's Ghost by Linda Jenkinson (poem): ***
20. Heart Surgery by Jake Elliot: **
21. The Pale Lady by Kally Jo Surbeck (poem): ****
22. Transcending by Ekta Rawat: * I couldn't make sense of this story.
23. The Ghost Sheets by Mathias Jansson )poem): *
24. Under the House by Will Zeilinger: ***
25. The Fall and Rise of Lucifer by Delaina M. Waldron: ** Two of the characters were mixed up.
26. Upside the Down Elevator by Kimberly Klemm: **
27. Cryptic Apparition by Amy S. Pacini (poem): **
28. Possession is Nine Tenths (A sample of the play) by Trisha Sugarek: ***
29. Poem by Rae Desmond Jones: *
30. Dark Portal (A True Story) by June Lundgren: ****
31. Shadow People by Michele Jones (poem): ****
32. Shadows and Ghosts by Cecilia Hernando Doldan (poem): ***
33. For the Love of God by Nicholas Boving: **** Loved this story.
34. A Household Mystery by Cecilia Hernando Doldan: ***
35. Played (A Sample of the Play) by Jonathan Ospa: ***** This story was fun.
36. The Town That Hell Spat Out by Kevin S. Hall: **** Familiar characters of horror made this
story fun.
37. The Replacement by Linda Jenkinson: * This story was a bit confusing.
38. Cursed Document by Samie Sands: ** Using words out of context ruined this story for me.

There were several issues with the poems and stories in this collection, but the good shorts more than made up for it.

Overall, I give this anthology a 2.5 rounded up to 3 stars.

[Montzalee Wittmann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Haunted Tales: Stories from Beyond the Grave is a book filled with short stories, poems, plays, and very, very short stories of horror. Some of the stories are super excellent and some of them, poems mostly in my opinion, were so-so. I really liked and was captivated in a few of them and I hated that the story was over. It is hard to put a rating on a book like this when some are so awesome and some not so much. There are great writers in here like Samie Sands, Kevin S. Hall, Nicholas Boving, etc. I enjoyed most of the book overall. I was given this book for a honest review.

[Laura Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

I do like short stories and collections. There are a bunch in here, along with some poems. It also includes authors I’ve enjoyed before and some new ones I’ll be checking out further.

While many of these were really good, some weren’t my cuppa tea. That often happens when there are this many to read in one book. Way to many to review individually, and I don’t want to play favorites. I’ll just say the ones that grabbed me were creeptastic.

Plenty to keep you entertained and the right time of year to enjoy some spooky. I’m glad I read these.

[Travis Poole · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked several of these stories. I love anthologies because you are bound to find a few stories you like. My favorite story was easily "For the Love of God."; This story was a sequel to "The Cask of Amontillado" by Poe. A deathbed confession causes the police to investigate a possible fifty year old murder. It was a lot of fun and even felt like a Poe detective story. There were several good stories but this was easily my favorite. A lot of these stories are written in very different styles since it is different authors, some feel like they were written long ago or are modern stories. There are a lot of stories so you are bound to find one you like..

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Danielle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love books like this, with a range of authors coming together to form a anthology. I loved that there was also some poems included as well.
I had not read from any of the authors and some drew my attention more than others. I now am going to be looking more into some of the writers.
I was a bit sad about the end of the book and hope for more anthologies like this from these authors will come together.

[Pat Eroh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent short stories that kept me entertained for a few days. I enjoyed most of the stories although I do have a few that I did not like which is unusual for me in these books. But there were enough that I enjoyed most.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Scarolet Ellis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Haunted Tales: stories from beyond the grave by Samie Sands is an awesome story that I have read. This is an awesome story that I have loved reading and can not wait to see what comes next. I highly recommend this story to everyone who love reading about Sci-fi and horror.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Heather Bane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is another great anthology by Samie Sands. I found each story well written and enjoyed. If you love anthologies and creepy stories then I recommend reading this book.

I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.

[Katie J · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a good collection of stories and poems from a multitude of
talented writers.
There is Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Supernatural, Horror.
For Samie Sands, Cursed Document
I liked that her Character was Benjamin Franklin. The way that he
had doubts, fears, and concerns were not a stretch of the imagination.
The fact that there were not many concerns until a woman voiced them,
well, that's another matter.

[Will Zeilinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great collection of short story authors - I thoroughly enjoyed every story! They're short so I could read them without taking too much of my day!