99 Tiny Terrors

by Jennifer Brozek (Editor), K.G. Anderson, Flossie Arend

SOMETIMES THE BIGGEST HORRORS COME IN THE SMALLEST PACKAGES…

There's nothing better than a short, sharp slice of flash fiction to get the mind working. 99 Tiny Terrors is an anthology that the reader can dip into for something deliciously dangerous in a short amount of time, or spend an afternoon trolling through blood-soaked stories from all over the world, including Canada, England, Germany, Greece, Ireland, India, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the United States, and Wales.

Featuring stories from the devious minds of Seanan McGuire, Ruthanna Emrys, Bev Vincent, Meg Elison, Bradley H. Sinor, Wendy N. Wagner, Premee Mohamed, Scott Edelman, Cat Rambo, Tim Waggoner, and many more.

"99 TINY TERRORS is an absolutely wild ride through some truly weird territory. Fast, freaky, furious, and fun! Highly recommended!"
—Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of INK and V-WARS

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Anthologies

ebook

First published November 24, 2021

About the author

Jennifer Brozek is a multi-talented, award-winning author, editor, and media tie-in writer. She is the author of the Never Let Me Sleep, and The Last Days of Salton Academy, both of which were nominated for the Bram Stoker Award. Her BattleTech tie-in novel, The Nellus Academy Incident, won a Scribe Award. Her editing work has netted her Bram Stoker Award, British Fantasy Award, and Hugo Award nominations. She won the Australian Shadows Award for the Grants Pass anthology. Jennifer’s short form work has appeared in Apex Publications, Uncanny Magazine, and in anthologies set in the worlds of Valdemar, Shadowrun, V-Wars, Masters of Orion, and Predator. Jennifer is also the Creative Director of Apocalypse Ink Productions.

Jennifer has been a freelance author and editor for over ten years after leaving her high paying tech job, and she’s never been happier. She keeps a tight schedule on her writing and editing projects and somehow manages to find time to volunteer for several professional writing organizations such as SFWA, HWA, and IAMTW. She shares her husband, Jeff, with several cats and often uses him as a sounding board for her story ideas. Visit Jennifer’s worlds at jenniferbrozek.com.

Reviews

[Laurel · Rating 5 out of 5]

The skill it takes to distill effective horror down to a page or two...this whole anthology is excellent, and a pleasure to read. A great variety of theme and tone, with every story a winner. Some hit closer to me than others, but there wasn't a bad one in the bunch. Highlights for me included WRONG STORY by Seanan McGuire, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RATE YOUR EXPERIENCE? by Sarah Day, ONLY SONG by Avra Margariti, THE ALGORITHM OF ABERRATION by AJ Hartson, TO SHANE ON THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH by Jennifer Shelby, NO AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR FROM THE THUMBS by Donna J. Munro, THE HOLY WAYS OF MATHEMATICS by Rosemary Claire Smith (I cackled on the plane), THE EMPTY LOT ON FESCUE STREET by Matt Brandenburg (the creepiest in the bunch, imo), and UNDERNEATH by D.S. Ullery. This is an excellent book to read snippets from, as the stories are short and engaging, or sit and plow through, since there's nothing repetitive about it. Kudos on a beautifully curated anthology!

[David Swisher · Rating 2 out of 5]

As this anthology perfectly illustrates it's not easy to write horror. It's even harder to do it with just a couple pages to work with.

There were maybe 10 good to great stories in here. The rest fell flat for me. Luckily, they are very short so you know it's not a big time investment. Oh and silver lining, like a lot of anthologies I found a couple new to me authors im interested and n checking out.

These stories were 🔥🔥🔥:
'Wrong Story' by Seanan McGuire
'Would You Like to Rate Your Experience' by Sarah Day
'The Specter In The Closest' by Lucy A. Snyder
'Teratomas' by Evan J. Peterson
'Feeding Time' by Tim Waggoner
'The Night I Was Born' by Jay Bower
'The Perfectly Normal allthings.com Review History of domesticdiva78' by Christopher Degni

It's worth the read for those alone, and who knows you may find more to enjoy than I did

[LaShawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

For “Wrong Story” by Seanan McGuire

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy read. The stories varied greatly in quality but none of them were more than about 5 pages so it wasn't a slog.