Voices at midnight can be unsettling, especially if you didn't think someone else was in the room, or if it's a dreaded phone call that wakes you from a peaceful sleep. In this debut collection from Christopher W. Clark, disturbing voices will tell - how to make offerings (of a sort) to lake monsters - or, directions to strange old churches and their weird congregations - or, what you must do to avoid the gaze of Black-Eyed Susan - or even, about the secrets of old roads and their evil hitchhikers. Listen to Voices at Midnight, at your peril...
More of a 4.25 than a true 4. I really enjoyed the recurring imagery in this book, there's just something about desolate churches and lakes that speaks to my soul. There is a decent enough variety of themes to the stories and it's overall a great collection with a satisfying amount of bleak. Though each story stands well enough on its own, I found that the low buzz of dread that creeps in when I read them in rapid succession most effective.
If you're looking for the same old tired trope (read garbage) move along, there's nothing to see here. To put it in plain language, the stories contained in this collection are unsettling, spinetingling, and most importantly different from each other. Not a word is wasted nor is a word or phrase used without purpose.
This is quiet, psychological horror that is sure to keep you reading and wanting more.