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Nine till Five
"A noise to his right startled him, shook him from his trance. He looked over to the open door, took another look around, and then proceeded over to it. He had no clue what this door was or to where it led, but someone must have opened it. Doors don’t just open on their own."
Bored at work?
Love to break the mould?
Damien feels the same way.
When disturbing occurrences begin to take place however, he thinks he’s found the excitement he is craving. Is there a logical explanation or is something more sinister going on?
Bored at work?
Love to break the mould?
Damien feels the same way.
When disturbing occurrences begin to take place however, he thinks he’s found the excitement he is craving. Is there a logical explanation or is something more sinister going on?
148 pages, Paperback
First published July 19, 2017
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March 7, 2018
An entertaining horror novella, with a great opening.
November 30, 2019
This blood and guts ghost story brought to mind the work of James Herbert and Richard Laymon.
Damian is a employee for an IT help/call centre, ambling through day by day, when he begins to hear stories of coworkers having inexplicable and terrifying encounters in that very building. Loving a ghost story, and entertained by the successive events, he discovers that the building was originally the Monreith Asylum, a hole where society’s worst are thrown into and forgotten about. Excited, Damian keeps digging. Damian should have looked for a new job.
This is a story which possesses a dark undercurrent that you know will rise up and pull the characters under with little hope for their future. Specifically it gave me vibes of Herbert’s The Dark due to the synonymous shade and the lunatics under its sway. And this leads me to my only criticism, and it’s that I wish it was a bit bigger, but then that defeats the point of a short story, so really that’s on me, and not Mr Robertson. As it is, this is a cracking and entertaining little tale with some well written spooky moments. The author is a talented writer with nice clean and clear prose, and there are good, classic horror bones in this story and whilst I would have liked to have seen a bit more meat on them (such as the dark forces accruing a bit more power and really ramping up the chaos and bloodshed) Mr Robertson leaves it open for a follow-up which I’d love to read.
Nine Till Five moves with the speed of a macabre graveyard breeze, and I look forward to more of Mr Dale Robertson’s work.
Damian is a employee for an IT help/call centre, ambling through day by day, when he begins to hear stories of coworkers having inexplicable and terrifying encounters in that very building. Loving a ghost story, and entertained by the successive events, he discovers that the building was originally the Monreith Asylum, a hole where society’s worst are thrown into and forgotten about. Excited, Damian keeps digging. Damian should have looked for a new job.
This is a story which possesses a dark undercurrent that you know will rise up and pull the characters under with little hope for their future. Specifically it gave me vibes of Herbert’s The Dark due to the synonymous shade and the lunatics under its sway. And this leads me to my only criticism, and it’s that I wish it was a bit bigger, but then that defeats the point of a short story, so really that’s on me, and not Mr Robertson. As it is, this is a cracking and entertaining little tale with some well written spooky moments. The author is a talented writer with nice clean and clear prose, and there are good, classic horror bones in this story and whilst I would have liked to have seen a bit more meat on them (such as the dark forces accruing a bit more power and really ramping up the chaos and bloodshed) Mr Robertson leaves it open for a follow-up which I’d love to read.
Nine Till Five moves with the speed of a macabre graveyard breeze, and I look forward to more of Mr Dale Robertson’s work.
February 5, 2018
Reviewed by Demetrius Svette
*This book was provided for an honest review
As human beings, we pride ourselves on being seen as strong- never appearing weak or broken as those are sides of us that are tucked away, hidden beneath the mask (so to speak). We often think about the unknown darkness that surrounds us without fully comprehending what actually lies within that dark. Shadows, dark figures, ghosts- they’re all the same really. Things that our minds are so desperate for a rational reasoning behind sometimes can’t be rationalized, they are images that cannot be explained. Dale Robertson gives us an insight into that unknown in his novella, Nine Till Five.
In Nine Till Five, we follow a man named Damien that works as a computer technician at his regular day job- from nine till five. Damien is fed up with many things and one of those just happen to be his job. He sees abnormal things happening at his place of employment- seeing shadows among other things- leading to proof as it shows with it’s mark on his flesh. It stirs the impossible through the eye of his fellow co-workers. Next, we are introduced to a pair of characters that would love to be the next top ghost hunters, filming their way there when they see similar stuff that Damien has been seeing. Curiosity gets the best of us until the truth unfolds. Do you dare to follow down the path of Damien and the others, to see what lies ahead? If you do, then pick up your copy today.
This is the first of Dale Robertson’s work that I have read and it was a fun adventure. Though it may be short, the characters are strong; thrills lay in wait in the corners here and there. Robertson took the saying ‘curiosity killed the cat’ and used it very well, in my opinion; using the novella to produce a very dark and twisted phenomenon to haunt these people. He is very good at twists that makes you succumb to his book- wanting more from this tale. If there’s one thing I could wish for, it would be to have more details. I will be looking out for more by Mr. Robertson very soon.
*This book was provided for an honest review
As human beings, we pride ourselves on being seen as strong- never appearing weak or broken as those are sides of us that are tucked away, hidden beneath the mask (so to speak). We often think about the unknown darkness that surrounds us without fully comprehending what actually lies within that dark. Shadows, dark figures, ghosts- they’re all the same really. Things that our minds are so desperate for a rational reasoning behind sometimes can’t be rationalized, they are images that cannot be explained. Dale Robertson gives us an insight into that unknown in his novella, Nine Till Five.
In Nine Till Five, we follow a man named Damien that works as a computer technician at his regular day job- from nine till five. Damien is fed up with many things and one of those just happen to be his job. He sees abnormal things happening at his place of employment- seeing shadows among other things- leading to proof as it shows with it’s mark on his flesh. It stirs the impossible through the eye of his fellow co-workers. Next, we are introduced to a pair of characters that would love to be the next top ghost hunters, filming their way there when they see similar stuff that Damien has been seeing. Curiosity gets the best of us until the truth unfolds. Do you dare to follow down the path of Damien and the others, to see what lies ahead? If you do, then pick up your copy today.
This is the first of Dale Robertson’s work that I have read and it was a fun adventure. Though it may be short, the characters are strong; thrills lay in wait in the corners here and there. Robertson took the saying ‘curiosity killed the cat’ and used it very well, in my opinion; using the novella to produce a very dark and twisted phenomenon to haunt these people. He is very good at twists that makes you succumb to his book- wanting more from this tale. If there’s one thing I could wish for, it would be to have more details. I will be looking out for more by Mr. Robertson very soon.
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