They Move Below - Libroj.org

Poŝlibro, 300 paĝoj

Eldonita je 12-a de majo 2016 de Organic Apocalypse.

ISBN:: 978-1-911278-06-1

(1 recenzo)

Fifteen tense tales. One sleepless night.

Horror lives in the shadows.

It exists under the earth's surface in ancient caves; below the vast sea's undulating waves; under dense forest cover; within a storm's thick, rolling clouds; downstairs in our homes, when we hear the knife drawer rattle in the night. Even our minds and bodies harbour the alien under the skin, the childhood nightmares in our subconscious.

In this collection of fifteen tales Karl Drinkwater sews flesh onto the bones of our worst fears whilst revisiting some of horror's classic settings, such as the teen party, the boat in trouble, the thing in the cellar, the haunted museum, the ghost in the machine, and the urban legends that come true. No-one is safe. Darkness hides things, no matter how much we strain our eyes. And sometimes those things are looking back at us.

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Stephanie Jane recenzis They Move Below de Karl Drinkwater

Love the intense atmosphere!

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As the synopsis says right at the start, 'One sleepless night', and this scenario could well be true for you if you start reading They Move Below too late into the evening. This collection of creepy and chilling short stories certainly did influence my dreams on the night after I was reading it, and not in a pleasant way either! That said, I have no regrets about picking up the book. While I didn't think the stories were all as strong as each other, there were several that captured my attention as I read them and that have remained lurking at the edge of my thoughts days later.

The fear of being lost out at sea in a small boat was brilliantly portrayed in the title story, They Move Below. I also loved Creeping Jesus, especially once I had also read Karl's notes on the inspiration for this tale (at …

As the synopsis says right at the start, 'One sleepless night', and this scenario could well be true for you if you start reading They Move Below too late into the evening. This collection of creepy and chilling short stories certainly did influence my dreams on the night after I was reading it, and not in a pleasant way either! That said, I have no regrets about picking up the book. While I didn't think the stories were all as strong as each other, there were several that captured my attention as I read them and that have remained lurking at the edge of my thoughts days later.

The fear of being lost out at sea in a small boat was brilliantly portrayed in the title story, They Move Below. I also loved Creeping Jesus, especially once I had also read Karl's notes on the inspiration for this tale (at the end of the book). Claws Truth Forebear really got to me as I am not good with small spaces myself, plus I liked the exploration of consequences to colonial greed. Web was also a favourite with its inconclusive ending. Are we witnessing a woman losing her mind or or is she a reliable witness to strange goings on? Sinker has to be my favourite ever fishing story and I loved that it is written in Scots English. This adds so well to the atmosphere.

Creating intense atmosphere is one of Karl Drinkwater's real talents as an author and I felt he did this so well throughout They Move Below. As an earlier collection of his work, it was interesting too to see how his style has matured through more recent work such as the Lost Solace novels which I love. If you're into horror fiction and films, They Move Below is packed full of nods to genre classics and original tales to keep you awake glancing at shadows all night!

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