Eleven

Eleven

Review I think we forget sometimes how scary the internet can be. Eleven is a short story about a woman grieving the loss of her girlfriend and driven to dire…
The Bell Chime

The Bell Chime

Review The Bell Chime had so much potential, but it was an unfortunate case of "less is more." The first half of the story was honestly unnerving and felt like…
Cabbage

Cabbage

Review Strange and fantastical, Cabbage feels like a dark fairy tale bursting with magic. An old man lovingly plants a dream garden for his ailing wife, but the garden becomes…
The Pram

The Pram

Review The Pram is a fast and frightening short story about a couple grieving the loss of a child due to a miscarriage. Willy does everything to help his wife…
Looking for Alaska

Looking for Alaska

Review If our early years are our Spring then adolescence is an invincible summer that feels like it'll never end. Being a teenager, everything seems so much bigger, more life-changing,…
Stirring the Sheets

Stirring the Sheets

Review Stirring the Sheets was shockingly good, and more tenderhearted than I could have expected. The novella follows Emmett, an aging mortician grieving the loss of his wife of 49…
Dear Laura

Dear Laura

Review Dear Laura is an emotionally harsh novella about grief and trauma. The story follows a young girl who witnesses the abduction of her best friend and first love, an…
Hardboiled & Hard Luck

Hardboiled & Hard Luck

Review Hardboiled & Hard Luck is a collection of two novellas that share a theme of grief and loss. Both stories read like a gentle goodbye as each narrator explores…
Our Wives Under the Sea

Our Wives Under the Sea

Review Our Wives Under the Sea is a grotesquely beautiful literary horror novel. This book didn't contain the blood and gore of so much of the horror genre, but instead…