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Scary: A Spine-Splintering Slide into What Lies Inside the Psychotic Mind
The unthinkable thoughts and depraved deeds of people, nature, and the seriously supernatural are voyeuristically exposed with an amazing alliterative allure in Barbara Eck Tosi’s SCARY. This psychotically charged collection of nightmarish narratives unfolds in refreshingly rhythmic rhymes. Overdosed with injections of spine-splintering sordidness, SCARY dares you to experience its macabre and maniacal madness. At the mercy of monsters that maliciously manipulate their minds, these contorted and calamitous characters dance deliberately and deliriously across pages steeped in insanity, pain, isolation, and fear. The warped worlds of these peculiar and perverse psychotics are saturated in sinister streams of consciousness. Peaceful narratives periodically penetrate the pathetic preponderance of pain with their sacred salutations of sanity and salvation. Have you a penchant for pursuing the psyche’s darkest demons and deepest divides? This deliciously disturbing collection of shockingly scary vignettes will find you double-locking your windows, triple-bolting your doors, and exponentially increasing the wattage of your living room lights. In an unusual, enticing, and entertaining way, SCARY feverishly frightens those brave enough to climb its hyperbolic heights.
260 pages, Paperback
Published June 17, 2021
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August 2, 2026
Absolutely phenomenal!
I recently started reading this book (Scary by Barbara Eck Tosi), and before I've even gotten very far, I felt compelled to mention something that immediately stood out to me: her love of language.
At first, I thought it was simply an impressive vocabulary, but it's more than that. It's the way she weaves words together. There is a rhythm, flow, and playfulness to her writing that makes certain passages worth rereading simply to enjoy how the words sound together.
The book itself is beautifully presented as well—from the cover art to the elegant simplicity of the author's name on the book's spine.
I'm looking forward to continuing the journey and discovering what comes next.
I recently started reading this book (Scary by Barbara Eck Tosi), and before I've even gotten very far, I felt compelled to mention something that immediately stood out to me: her love of language.
At first, I thought it was simply an impressive vocabulary, but it's more than that. It's the way she weaves words together. There is a rhythm, flow, and playfulness to her writing that makes certain passages worth rereading simply to enjoy how the words sound together.
The book itself is beautifully presented as well—from the cover art to the elegant simplicity of the author's name on the book's spine.
I'm looking forward to continuing the journey and discovering what comes next.
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