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Creeping Shadows
FROM THE PUBLISHER OF SINISTER LANDSCAPES COMES THREE TERRIFYING NOVELLAS Monsters come in many shapes and sizes-from the creature in the shadows to the darkness of the human mind. Join three cutting edge authors as they weave fables of mayhem and murder. ALAN DRAVEN'S VENGEANCE IS MINE London, 1888. Jack the Ripper leaves a trail of mutilated bodies as he terrorizes the district of Whitechapel and baffles the authorities. From beyond death, one of his victims returns to haunt him and shows him the meaning of living in fear. BRANDON FORD'S MERCILESS Kidnapped by a madman, two teenage girls form an instant bond in the back of a speeding SUV. Bound and gagged, they face a night of unspeakable horrors. Inspired by a true story, Merciless is a tale of murder, madness, and survival. JESSICA LYNNE GARDNER'S SUGAR SKULL After the strange murder of her father, Annabel Perez must discover her family's secret to solve an ancient Aztec curse and stop the mass killings. A sinister Mexican sugar skull found in her father's old cigar box might just be the answer-or the means to her death.
- GenresHorror
320 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2009
6 people want to read
About the author
Alan Draven
15 books10 followersAlan Draven was born the same year KISS unleashed their debut LP. He lives in beautiful Québec City with his lovely girlfriend. He’s been penning dark tales for nearly twenty years. His first novel, Bitternest, was published in 2007. Since then he’s written half a dozen novels mainly in the horror genre as well as a superhero novel, Heroes of the North: October Dawn in 2013, and a thriller titled Oblique in 2018 under the pseudonym Neal Vandar. He’s also edited two anthologies, Sinister Landscapes in 2008 and Creeping Shadows in 2009. In 2022, his final novel in the Bitternest series was published, Once Upon a Time in Bitternest. Amok the Powerful is his first foray into Sword & Sorcery fiction. You can visit him 24 hours a day on his blog bitternest.blogspot.com or on Twitter/X @alandraven
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November 23, 2023
Excellent collection of 3 novellas. Brandon Ford's Merciless was the best of the 3. Very graphic, and a fast paced extreme Thriller.
February 26, 2010
Creeping Shadows is a collection of three novellas by Alan Draven, Brandon Ford and Jessica Lynne Gardner, and features stories about Jack the Ripper, a brutal fictionalized account of a real-life event and a series of curse-fueled murders.
All three stories are excellent, though if I had to pick a favorite, I'd have to go with Ford's nonstop, brutal 'Merciless.' Draven's Ripper tale comes with a unique, and haunting, twist and, like Ford's story of two girls kidnapped and repeatedly assaulted by a drunken sociopath, is completely suited to the novella format. Gardner's Sugar Skull, while entertaining as a novella, is based on a premise (a string of murders related to the Mexican Day of the Dead) that really would have worked better as a standalone novel.
The book's a solid 4/5. You can read my interview with the authors at lincolncrisler.info/?p=855
All three stories are excellent, though if I had to pick a favorite, I'd have to go with Ford's nonstop, brutal 'Merciless.' Draven's Ripper tale comes with a unique, and haunting, twist and, like Ford's story of two girls kidnapped and repeatedly assaulted by a drunken sociopath, is completely suited to the novella format. Gardner's Sugar Skull, while entertaining as a novella, is based on a premise (a string of murders related to the Mexican Day of the Dead) that really would have worked better as a standalone novel.
The book's a solid 4/5. You can read my interview with the authors at lincolncrisler.info/?p=855
April 27, 2012
An anthology including my first novella, Sugar Skull.
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