pbanditp's review
5.0
Three maestros of the English language unite in this collection of novelettes from Crystal Lake Publishing.
The Strangest Twist Upon Her Lips by Chad Lutzke opens with a bone chilling scene that is permanently scarred into my head. The despair just weeps off the page as life proves that tough days don’t last, tough people do.
My Only Sunshine my Bob Ford will gut you in the first paragraph, there is no easing into it. I won’t say anymore besides that $400 seems cheap and I would have paid almost anything in that situation.
Suet by John Boden suggests that the land wants from you just as much as you want from the land. Make sure you leave a worthy donation in this tense, creative story of give and take, just don’t try to escape.
The Strangest Twist Upon Her Lips by Chad Lutzke opens with a bone chilling scene that is permanently scarred into my head. The despair just weeps off the page as life proves that tough days don’t last, tough people do.
My Only Sunshine my Bob Ford will gut you in the first paragraph, there is no easing into it. I won’t say anymore besides that $400 seems cheap and I would have paid almost anything in that situation.
Suet by John Boden suggests that the land wants from you just as much as you want from the land. Make sure you leave a worthy donation in this tense, creative story of give and take, just don’t try to escape.
stewie's review
5.0
Wounds to Wishes: Tales of Mystery and Melancholy is the first book in [a:Crystal Lake Publishing|22090041|Crystal Lake Publishing|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]’s “Dark Tide Mysteries and Thrillers” series and boy does it set the bar for the subsequent entries.
The book contains three interconnected stories, each individually written by [a:Chad Lutzke|8436955|Chad Lutzke|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1583512483p2/8436955.jpg], [a:John Boden|4252433|John Boden|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], and [a:Robert Ford|258046|Robert Ford|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. This was a brilliant decision, as this trio shares a similar voice, but the tales they tell are vastly different and work as standalones even if you notice familiar faces and places in their shared universe.
You can read my full review at Horror DNA by clicking here.
The book contains three interconnected stories, each individually written by [a:Chad Lutzke|8436955|Chad Lutzke|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1583512483p2/8436955.jpg], [a:John Boden|4252433|John Boden|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png], and [a:Robert Ford|258046|Robert Ford|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. This was a brilliant decision, as this trio shares a similar voice, but the tales they tell are vastly different and work as standalones even if you notice familiar faces and places in their shared universe.
You can read my full review at Horror DNA by clicking here.
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