United Kingdom • 51 y/oReviews Received
Very macabre. Although, I did wonder how the narrator gets to tell us his story if he dies in that attic? Imagine: he styled a writing implement out of a skull fragment and wrote his story in blood using the £10 notes, in hope that someone gets to the location before the mysterious stranger does
Respectable concept to a story of a classic horror style. "Re imagination" and "Mashup" would be what I perceive of this story being in similar relation of Alvin Schwartz's 'Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark' with the short story Headlights, and having a unique twist to the backstory at the end of the writing in which I thought of 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre'.
Quite a few grammatical errors and having the story flow fast threw me off a bit- didn't really get to sink my mind into the story until the ending with backstory of it all which was pretty cool to read.
Good story. Great dialogue, and the climax of the story is a surprise to the reader. Good job
While literally nothing but known & oldschool horrormovie cliche, this story is entertaining, because the author makes it a worthy read.
The characters are believable and we get enough info to follow the story. The story flow is also unbroken, albeit a bit lengthy, which takes quite some writing skill (no loss of what is going on & what already happened).
The ending is also classic, a classic scorned nowadays, but being older myself: Such were the writing standards & expectations, some decades ago.
Thanks for sharing!
'A reputation with the locals' not 'in the locals.' That or 'a reputation in the area.'
You evoke the setting and the characters past experiences well. I like the way they think they've debunked the myth only to realise they havn't.
loved this story
It was good, liked the build up of suspense at the end!
Well written. Points out the fundamental reality of nature, which is all things must have an opposite, including world peace. Watch how a dog will rush the fence barking, and growling when another dog walks past, and maybe sometimes they wag tales, and sniff each other through the fence. people do the same thing whether on the level of one on one or whole countries. Enjoyable, easy read with a message attached to it.