Anthorrorgy

by Marc L. Abbott

Everyone has nightmares and Marc L. Abbott invites you to delve deep into his. Enter his world where the monsters your parents told you don’t exist actually do, and they are anxiously awaiting your arrival. The Turbulent Voyage of Flight 722 to New York – A man infected with a deadly disease threatens the lives of airline passengers when it transforms him into something inhuman. A Language Deciphered – A writer combines ancient languages to create a tale of dread but inadvertently summons something not of this world. The Pheromone Incident – A sweet fragrance lures three friends into a creature’s lair where it’s determined to make them its next meal. Vampsquito – Attempts to stop the West Nile Virus spawn a breed of mosquito whose bite turns humans into blood thirsty killers. Five by Seven – Aliens painfully interrogate the captain of a deep space shuttle mission in a makeshift prison cell after one of their own is kidnapped by his crew. Those are just some of the nightmares that wait you. Welcome to the darkness. Welcome to the Anthorrorgy.

304 pages, Paperback

First published November 6, 2008

Reviews

[Oliver Baer · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a nice collection of original horror stories ranging from campy to classic. There is even a kind of Lovecraftian scifi horror bent to one of them a la The Color Out of Space. Others do get a little carried away with their campiness but they do move along nicely. The book could have been better edited and there are parts where the descriptive paragraphs lapse into dialect when it does not seem that this is part of the narrative style but perhaps someone who is not such a born editor would not find this such a stumbling block. Overall, it was not a bad read.