Somewhere deep within, cradled in flesh and blood, our demons dwell. They feed on our darkest secrets and desires in an ill-fated world, craving only freedom. They tear through and reign upon us. Writings On the Wall features twenty gruesome, transgressive tales of loneliness, heartbreak, and self-destruction. Where the real horrors surrounding us are each other.
This is a perfect collection to pick up for the season. Just
the right combination of creepy and messed up for Halloween coming up.
You can tell short stories are good when you feel like you
have read a whole novel in only a small number of pages. That is what this
collection provided. Instead of the
stories feeling like they ended abruptly or that something was missing, these
provide a full and engaging story. They surely keep you turning the page.
Some of them were a little out there and weird, others dealt
with demons that people face everyday.
These stories were marked with insanity, horror, and disturbing
images. The writing throughout was really solid. Despite having all different
authors, the stories didn’t seem to have many different feels to them. They
flowed together well as a collection and kept you waiting to see what you would
get to read next. With any collection, some stories were better than others,
but as a whole they were all good.
I really enjoyed reading this. Anyone who enjoys horror or
books that are a bit off (think Chuck Palahniuk-esque) will enjoy this.
The last story in the collection had me gagging as I was
reading it. It was so descriptive and disturbing.
4/5 stars
Memorable Quote: It’s no longer cool and dangerous, because
you realize you’ve never seen he world through anyone else’s eyes, and soon
those eyes will disappear. You begin to doubt the reality of the world around
you, begin to feel the moment you go, the world goes, but that’s not true. It
will exist without you and you will be what you once were: nothing. –First Assisted Suicide, Leonora Stein
