Status Updates From The Fall (Tales From the Gu...

The Fall (2/3 done - last story): looks like the world is coming apart at the seams. One stitch at a time.

The Fall (1/3 done - last story):
This is the”tie it up with a bow” ending to this collection and I can already smell the uniqueness of the tale. It reeks, and appropriately so.

Excursion Troop (end):
It’s never too late to change your mind and NOT take that road to The Gulp. Never too late but entirely doubtful it will cross your mind. This little gem of a story demonstrates the grip Baxter can place on his reader. On to the last story in this collection and looking forward to it too.

Excursion Trip (1/2 way): shades of Camp Crystal Lake but Lord, what is this hang-up with mushrooms?🍄‍🟫 🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫🍄‍🟫😄

That Damn Woman (end): got a lot of jellyfish-like tendrils grabbing and yanking all these Gulp stories together but the are so cleverly devised story to story. Great nitpicking details in this one. You know what’s coming but like a car wreck you have to keep looking, biting your nails the whole time.

That Damn Woman (cont)

That Damn Woman (halfway):
This story! Going back to the fungus I see😂

Cathedral Stack (end):
Now we’re talking! This story reminds me of Overlord, a corroborative book by Alan Baxter and David Wood. Might be a favorite story from The Gulp collections. Have to see where we go from here.

Cathedral Stack (halfway): Now this is the Alan Baxter I recall from The Roo, one of my all-time favorite creature books!

Gulpepper Curios(end):
Okay, I recently got into a 1970s Brit series called Thriller.
That’s where I am with this story in particular. Same flavor, weird vibe, and unshakable sense of “oh Lord that smarts”❣️❣️❣️

Gulpepper Curios (cont): that little bit made me shudder

Gulpepper Curios (cont):
More details about The Gulp, like how it’s laid out and names of specific locations, ingeniously and kindly introduced. Still getting that Goosebumps vibe I had with the original set of The Gulp stories but a bit of Rod Serling creeping around the edges of this new book.

“…“mysterious things and stuff not so easily explained”
Excerpt From The Fall, “Gulpepper Curios”
By Alan Baxter

His own words so appropriately describe the story so far.