Review: A unique and compelling read,micro fiction at its finest
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
"100 Nightmares" by K.Z. Moreno was truly something unique and wonderful for me to read.  As the title suggests, there are 100 stories in this collection, each limited to 100 words.  It's quite difficult to give a synopsis because of the number of stories, but these are delicious little tidbits of horror.  It took me a while to read this, because in some ways I found it to have a lot of similarities with poetry, even though it obviously micro stories.  It was clear to me that words were very carefully chosen so that each story could pack as big a punch as possible in so few lines. The effect was that I wanted to sit back and think about each one for bit. Some are really creepy, some brutal, some were shocking, some disgusting, a few made me laugh, some made me smile.  I guess what I'm trying to say is that they produce the full gamut of emotions as you read them.  There is even a section that twists up classic fairy tales.I have total respect for the author's ability to complete a tale in so few words.  I found it especially nice to take a break from the novel I was reading, and devour 3 or 4 of these tales at a time. Some of my favorites were "Shirime", "The Factory", "Neverland", and "Cradle", but I could have picked 40 more.I really recommend this book, it's different, and it's very unique.  Very well written, scary, horrifying.  It's also chock full of great illustrations.  Give "100 Nightmares" a try.  You won't regret it.