{"id":7234,"date":"2024-08-17T01:00:40","date_gmt":"2024-08-17T05:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/?p=7234"},"modified":"2024-08-17T23:16:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T03:16:31","slug":"book-brief-horrible-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-brief-horrible-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"Brief, Horrible Moments: A collection of one sentence horror stories"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"book-1037\" class=\"bdb-book-info\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/book_briefhorriblemoments.png?fit=250%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Brief, Horrible Moments: A collection of one sentence horror stories\" class=\"alignright\"\/><strong>Title:<\/strong> Brief, Horrible Moments: A collection of one sentence horror stories<br \/><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/author\/marko-pandza\/\">Marko Pandza<\/a><br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/series\/brief-horrible-moments\/\">Brief Horrible Moments #1<\/a><br \/><strong>First Published:<\/strong> <span content=\"2017-01-14\">January 14, 2017<\/span><br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/publisher\/self-published\/\">Self-Published<\/a><br \/><strong>Pages:<\/strong> 110<br \/><strong>Genre:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/horror\/\">Horror<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/genre\/short-stories\/\">Short Stories<\/a><br \/><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/format\/ebook\/\">Ebook<\/a><br \/><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/source\/free-promotion\/\">Free Promotion<\/a><br \/><strong>Rating:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/book-database\/rating\/1\/\"><span class=\"bdb-font-awesome-star-wrap\"><i class=\"fas fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><i class=\"far fa-star\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/34005958-brief-horrible-moments\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/addtogoodreads.png?ssl=1\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/><br \/><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong> <p>Chill your bones with two hundred and forty two horror stories, one sentence at a time.<\/p>\n<p>Monsters, demons, creatures and oddities. Murder, death and the dead. Family, friends, love and relationships. Food and eating. Fear, dread, and the unknown. Crime and punishment. The human body.<\/p>\n<p>Lock the doors, turn up the lights, and take a deep breath. A series of brief, horrible moments await.<\/p>\n<strong>Get the Book:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4dFqn78\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>\r\n<hr \/><\/div>\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\"@context\": \"https:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Review\",\n\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2024-08-17T05:00:40+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\"description\": \"Brief, Horrible Moments: A collection of one sentence horror stories\",\n\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Radical Dreamer\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-brief-horrible-moments\\\/\",\n\t\t\t\t\"itemReviewed\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Brief, Horrible Moments: A collection of one sentence horror stories\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"author\": [\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t{\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Marko Pandza\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/book-database\\\/author\\\/marko-pandza\\\/\"\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t],\n\t\t\t\t\t\"isbn\": \"\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"numberOfPages\": 110,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"publisher\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Organization\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Self-Published\"\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\t\"image\": \"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/book_briefhorriblemoments.png?fit=250%2C375&ssl=1\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"datePublished\": \"2017-01-14T00:00:00+00:00\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/www.goodreads.com\\\/book\\\/show\\\/34005958-brief-horrible-moments\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"genre\": \"Horror\"\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\": \"Jamie\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"sameAs\": \"https:\\\/\\\/pastelgoth.net\\\/blog\\\/\"\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \"reviewRating\": {\n\t\t\t\t\t\"@type\": \"Rating\",\n\t\t\t\t\t\"ratingValue\": 1,\n\t\t\t\t\t\"bestRating\": 5\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n<h2>Review<\/h2>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t resist a unique idea when I stumbled on this little book, a collection of one-sentence horror stories that are meant to leave the reader wondering what happens next. I didn&#8217;t have very high expectations given the concept, but I figured it&#8217;d be an amusing short read and it was at first. Some of the earlier stories were not bad, and could easily work as a writing prompt. The vast majority unfortunately were utterly forgettable.<\/p>\n<p>There were many connecting words, I can&#8217;t count the number of times I saw sentences broken up with the same words and phrases that gave it a repetitive quality. Despite grand leaps in setting many of the sentences felt the same. The stories rely heavily on a turning point within the scene which has the potential to be creepy, but oftentimes the narrative tone is sardonic. The narrators express that they weren&#8217;t very scared of whatever they were witnessing &#8220;until.&#8221; It made a good number of these sentences more funny than scary despite the grim themes.<\/p>\n<p>The book is divided into themed chapters which were pointless, there were many stories that overlapped between multiple areas and it barely felt like there was a real rhyme or reason. The shorts continually got worse, lacking in creativity both in the ideas and with progressively worse writing, it made the book feel overlong and a complete drag to finish. While the book provided a few chuckles for my husband and me at some particularly wacky stories, I can&#8217;t say that I enjoyed myself overall.<\/p>\n<h2>Quote<\/h2>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;If you didn&#8217;t count the <strong>doll&#8217;s face<\/strong> and the fact that it was the size of a truck, it was a <em>regular looking spider<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h2>Content Warnings<\/h2>\n<span class=\"ubb-spoiler\"><a class=\"ubb-view-spoil\">View Spoiler &raquo;<\/a><span style=\"display: none;\" class=\"ubb-thespoil\">Cannibalism, Gore, Self Harm, Violence <a class=\"ubb-hide-spoil\" style=\"cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;\">&laquo; Hide Spoiler<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<h2>About the Author<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ubb-about-author\">\n<h3>About Marko Pandza<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_markopandza.png?fit=200%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft ubb-about-author-photo\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_markopandza.png?w=200&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_markopandza.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pastelgoth.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/author_markopandza.png?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marko Pandza is an author, illustrator, musician and advertising copywriter\/creative director from Toronto. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ubb-author-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/markopandza\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/14560327.Marko_Pandza\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Goodreads<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3XXgg84\" 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