Coming Up Short 3: A Psychological Horror Series

by Charles Welch

A man finds his happiest life in the world inside his coma. He also finds that the difference between heaven and hell can be a very thin line. A man wakes on a cold basement floor staring at two women who are bound to their chairs. Across the room, a dead man lies in a pool of blood. He cannot recall who they are or even his own name. The women beg the man to free them, but something seems wrong. Maybe it is he who needs to be freed. On a houseboat in the middle of a large lake, a retired couple experience a brief, strange flash of light. The next day, something tracks them from their boat to a nearby small town through the forest. What they find in the town is more horrifying than what awaits them on their return to the boat.Coming Up Short 3 is a new collection of tales of the macabre by the author of the award winning Within the Fog These stories will keep you up late at night, nervously chewing your fingernails, cringing at every little creak of your home. Our reality may not be what you have been led to believe.

Genres: Amazon

243 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 5, 2022

About the author

Charles Welch has been a home designer and builder, a middle school and high school teacher, education administrator, corporate learning and development professional and writer, previously publishing the spiritual book Walking Softly. His formal education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science Teaching, a Master of Education in Learning and Technology, and an Educational Doctorate in eLearning.

Reviews

[John Morris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Highly Entertaining!

Charles Welch just gets better and better with his story telling. Every tale was different, absorbing and thoroughly entertaining. With all short story collections some were slightly better than others but, overall, I wouldn't like to have missed a single one. Highly recommended!

[Chrisanne Barker · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read!!!

The short stories, all of them were fantastic!! The twists the turns were a blast, I couldn’t put it down. If your looking for new horror stories give Charles Welch a try you won’t be disappointed!!!

[Norene Yarbrough-Olivares · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book!

I was looking for something to read and found this treasure! The stories are well written; not too long and not too short. Very absorbing. Going to check out the others.... Thank you, Mr. Welch!

[Shawna Mathieu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Going to be brewing on these stories awhile

They were so good. The actual twists alone were good, but I was always looking back at what I read to see if I missed a clue or foreshadowing, and, many times, I'd find that clue or understand the foreshadowing.

[Brian Connolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I prefer short stories and this fit the bill. Some pages were a bit boring, but it did not distract me from the rest of whatever I was reading. Not scary, but a bit nerve racking. I may look at this writers other books.

[Tim Shepard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Better than most

Worth reading. The stories are well thought out with good characters. There was one story that I didn't care for but that's my opinion. The author has done a good job writing and compiling the stories for this anthology.

[Blanche Padgett · Rating 5 out of 5]

good stories

These were great like the other stories in the series. These were a little longer but still had the scary moments

[nick schwalbert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book review worth it

Good read, different from other short story collections I read. Could be more horror based, but all around solid writing

[J KEEGAN · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horror shorts

Some good stories, all a little different from the usual short stories. They have an interesting take on horror with some clever twists.