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I Hear The Clattering of the Keys
This debut collection from Jamie Stewart is a collection of macabre tales where ordinary lives find themselves shattered by forces that lurk on the fringes of existence.
Meet Alan Madden, who only wants to offer his son advice, even after his death; or Susie Granger, who worries for her neighbour Jane, known to everyone else as The Witch of Denison Street; or Sabina Kyle, who gets a special birthday present that - for a price - can make her dreams come true.
Jamie Stewart, co-editor of Welcome to the Funhouse, presents seven nightmarish tales that peel back the skin of normality to show that insanity and horror are only a scrape away.
Dead Air
Insular
Trick or Treat
The Beach House
Alfie and the Dead Girls
The Woman Under the White Tree
I Hear the Clattering of the Keys
'These stories will haunt you. They are savage and visceral, full of vivid imagery that leaves no question as to what Stewart wanted you to see. There is gore for those who seek it, along with terror, blistering action, and suspense. Stewart cuts not only to the chase but to the bone with these stories, but it's not all blood and gore. There are also moments that feel quite personal and heartfelt, proving that the intensities of both horror and the heart are not as distant as one might believe. - Michael Goodwin, How Good It Feels To Burn and Smoulder.'
'From the start, Jamie Stewart sets readers just out of reach of a hungry beast, its sharp salient teeth snarling and ready to snap. Then comes this intrusive you have to go around it and only hope the carrion air is enough to throw the creature off your scent - Haley Newlin, Cemetery Dance.'
Meet Alan Madden, who only wants to offer his son advice, even after his death; or Susie Granger, who worries for her neighbour Jane, known to everyone else as The Witch of Denison Street; or Sabina Kyle, who gets a special birthday present that - for a price - can make her dreams come true.
Jamie Stewart, co-editor of Welcome to the Funhouse, presents seven nightmarish tales that peel back the skin of normality to show that insanity and horror are only a scrape away.
Dead Air
Insular
Trick or Treat
The Beach House
Alfie and the Dead Girls
The Woman Under the White Tree
I Hear the Clattering of the Keys
'These stories will haunt you. They are savage and visceral, full of vivid imagery that leaves no question as to what Stewart wanted you to see. There is gore for those who seek it, along with terror, blistering action, and suspense. Stewart cuts not only to the chase but to the bone with these stories, but it's not all blood and gore. There are also moments that feel quite personal and heartfelt, proving that the intensities of both horror and the heart are not as distant as one might believe. - Michael Goodwin, How Good It Feels To Burn and Smoulder.'
'From the start, Jamie Stewart sets readers just out of reach of a hungry beast, its sharp salient teeth snarling and ready to snap. Then comes this intrusive you have to go around it and only hope the carrion air is enough to throw the creature off your scent - Haley Newlin, Cemetery Dance.'
203 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 28, 2022
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April 1, 2022
Great book
Really enjoyed the short stories and they got me thinking on quite a few. Was sorry to get to the end of the book.
Really enjoyed the short stories and they got me thinking on quite a few. Was sorry to get to the end of the book.
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