Review: Six Scary Tales that were actually SCARY!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2012
I have been a long time horror fan, books, movies, love Halloween. We sometimes joke and say Halloween is every day at our house with our hutch with a glass door, filled with horror movie characters, (not the real ones, lol, little Candyman figures, Pinhead and the centobytes, Michael Myers, etc etc.) and the framed poster of Pinhead in our living room, various DVD collections, one that is autographed by Pinhead, we just have always had a love for scary tales, stories, movies, even gory, and even some B rated horror.I tend to be very picky when it comes to reading a book that somebody says is horror, or scary, and many don't really have that fear or shock value down as some. This book impressed me, and the author sure has a way with words.Remember how everybody talked about the original Halloween movie being so violent and bloody? Then you realize, well there was not even the slightest drop of blood in the entire movie!! That's how amazing of a job they did, they made you so scared, showed you a true scary story and you imagined the blood when it was never there.That's how I rate books when I read them. Did the story take me to some twisted, imaginary place? Was I able to escape and see the characters, the happenings, the blood, the gore? (the last of course being for scary tales, novels). Did the author have a unique, odd, rare way of using words, adjectives, to describe the people, the events, without going overboard? These are the things that in my mind, make a very good book.This book, I asked myself these questions, and the answer was YES, to all of the above. I am always amazed with authors who can paint such a vivid picture in our minds with just words. the way they put them together, the context, creativity, and this author really does an excellent job with this!I have read many short scary stories over the years, and this one rates way up at the top. The author doesn't overdue it, The only complaint I have is that they are to short, but these are short scary tales, so they are supposed to be short;)You can read and re read this again and again, and as much as I loved them all, I believe, Only A Fool, and Four Bony Hands were my 2 favorites.I also have to add that some very good horror movies have come from short stories. Candyman, The Lawnmower Man, just to name a couple. I really believe these tales have that same potential!**I was given this book in return for my honest review**