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Wild Minds
Adam Shannon is an author who has found himself in a bit of a rut. To finally catch up on some of his work, Adam and his dog travel to their mountain cabin in Washington for a week of writing. Unfortunately for anyone who gets too close, this popular author has a tendency to write his monsters to life...
* In July of 2020, Snow-Capped Press reissued this Kindle single with a new cover and revisions to the text. This single was first published on June 16, 2019, alongside its appearance in DEAD AS SOON AS BORN.
* In July of 2020, Snow-Capped Press reissued this Kindle single with a new cover and revisions to the text. This single was first published on June 16, 2019, alongside its appearance in DEAD AS SOON AS BORN.
26 pages, ebook
Published July 4, 2020
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About the author
Aiden Merchant
37 books73 followersAiden Merchant is the author of more than a hundred stories spanning numerous collections, including Sickness is in Season, Documenting Dreadful Existences, Dead as Soon as Born, Kill for Them, and his extreme horror debut Horrific Holidays. He is also the author of several novellas and screenplays. In late 2021, he published and edited Milk Teeth by Andrew Post, as well as a dark fiction anthology Blackberry Blood, which he worked on with author Julia C. Lewis. His short fiction has appeared in Wild Violence, Pulp Harvest, and Slice of Paradise.
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July 27, 2020
Wild Minds by Aiden Merchant is a chilling tale about a man that isolates himself at a cabin to write. But at that cabin, there is something in the woods watching him…
Full Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my rating in any way.
Trigger Warning: A brave dog goes to the farm upstate and as a reader, we see the aftermath.
My goodness. I just love tales centered around someone isolating themselves in a cabin! Take that, and add in both a snow storm that has blocked the roads AND a terrifying monster?! A perfect recipe for me!
This short story had amazing atmosphere! I love that we very quickly went from seeing the monster as a writing muse to being horrified by it.
I found myself feeling like I was getting a bit angsty the further into the story I got. When I finally hit the ending, it was with quite the pair of mixed feelings; both shock and relief that I could come up to breathe again. What a tale!!
I highly recommend this story to those that enjoy getting themselves lost in the darkness of a horror tale!
Full Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my rating in any way.
Trigger Warning: A brave dog goes to the farm upstate and as a reader, we see the aftermath.
My goodness. I just love tales centered around someone isolating themselves in a cabin! Take that, and add in both a snow storm that has blocked the roads AND a terrifying monster?! A perfect recipe for me!
This short story had amazing atmosphere! I love that we very quickly went from seeing the monster as a writing muse to being horrified by it.
I found myself feeling like I was getting a bit angsty the further into the story I got. When I finally hit the ending, it was with quite the pair of mixed feelings; both shock and relief that I could come up to breathe again. What a tale!!
I highly recommend this story to those that enjoy getting themselves lost in the darkness of a horror tale!
January 16, 2020
Oh man, this is definitely one of my favorite Merchant stories!
The atmosphere was perfect - the feeling of dread creeps up while at the same time you just have to keep turning the pages!
Also, I did not see the ending coming and it was phenomenal!
I could have done without the brutal dog death and I hated that the main character didn’t seem the least bit concerned for his dog (or that his family would miss the dog at least).
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The atmosphere was perfect - the feeling of dread creeps up while at the same time you just have to keep turning the pages!
Also, I did not see the ending coming and it was phenomenal!
I could have done without the brutal dog death and I hated that the main character didn’t seem the least bit concerned for his dog (or that his family would miss the dog at least).
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