Review: Great creepy shorts...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2012
I've given this compilation five stars because the stories are original, very creepy, and the suspense, even if you start to suspect what's going to happen, is very well set up.I read four of the short stories, and checked out the excerpt from the upcoming new novel.What strikes me the most, is the originality of these stories.  I read Secrets Beneath, Puddles, The Dark, and The Swim.Each story has its own merits.  Secrets Beneath remided me of scary rednecks, sleepy towns with a secret, and one of my favourite movies, which I won't mention here as I don't want to give anything away.  That said, it's nothing like the movie I'm thinking of really, it just reminded me of it.  The reader is thrown right into Secrets Beneath, but the twists the story takes you on are not what you expect.Is it creepy to say I loved Puddles? Very short, but perfectly executed.  It leaves behind an odd feeling, something between a shudder and a look over the shoulder....By the time you reach the end of The Dark, you'll be wondering if death might not be so bad after all.  Really?  Yes.I read The Swim after I saw the other review that said how good it was.  It is.  The visuals in the pond will be hard to shake after you've read this one.Checking out the excerpt from the upcoming novel, The Containment Room Seven, I found the author has created yet another way to hook the reader in.I'll continue to read the stories in this book and would encourage you to do the same.