netslummer's review
5.0
Bleak Midwinter: The Darkest Night is an anthology that compiles some really great gothic horror stories. Each story, sharing themes of cold, darkness, wilderness, and death (among others), genuinely spooked me as I read through them.
While none of the stories are going to give the average horror reader terrible nightmares, they will stick with you and give you the horror chills and thrills you're looking for.
In particular I really enjoyed:
Don't Say a Word - K.R. Wieland
All Her Little Bones - R.A. Busby
Fading - Sarah Hozumi
Arno - Mason McDonald
While saying that these four were my favorites, every story in this collection was really good and I thoroughly enjoyed them all. I highly recommend this whole collection for fans of short horror stories with just the right amount of spook.
Thank you to Quill and Crow Publishing who provided me with an ARC of this book and I am leaving this honest review voluntarily.
While none of the stories are going to give the average horror reader terrible nightmares, they will stick with you and give you the horror chills and thrills you're looking for.
In particular I really enjoyed:
Don't Say a Word - K.R. Wieland
All Her Little Bones - R.A. Busby
Fading - Sarah Hozumi
Arno - Mason McDonald
While saying that these four were my favorites, every story in this collection was really good and I thoroughly enjoyed them all. I highly recommend this whole collection for fans of short horror stories with just the right amount of spook.
Thank you to Quill and Crow Publishing who provided me with an ARC of this book and I am leaving this honest review voluntarily.
tracyo14's review
4.0
It has been a while since I read any dark stories, and these did not disappoint. They were easy to read, with a few chills, and I loved reading them.
I received an ARC copy of this book for review but that did not influence my review.
I received an ARC copy of this book for review but that did not influence my review.
gothicshelf's review
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Dark and sinister but compels a morbid curiosity.
These stories change in eras and vary in their links with folklore but the woodland setting is shared amongst most of them, creating a shared sense of mystery and intrigue. The sense of isolation and preying on vulnerabilities is also shared amongst the stories, developing a primal fear in the reader which crawled under my skin.
This collection of stories drew me in and there were a few I would I have liked to delve further into, but I’d approach with caution… I’d recommend this as a read for December as January is dark and dreary enough as it is!
Well written, left me thinking and also feeling grateful for my lot in life!
These stories change in eras and vary in their links with folklore but the woodland setting is shared amongst most of them, creating a shared sense of mystery and intrigue. The sense of isolation and preying on vulnerabilities is also shared amongst the stories, developing a primal fear in the reader which crawled under my skin.
This collection of stories drew me in and there were a few I would I have liked to delve further into, but I’d approach with caution… I’d recommend this as a read for December as January is dark and dreary enough as it is!
Well written, left me thinking and also feeling grateful for my lot in life!
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