dancpharmd's review
5.0
A more than passable short horror story that is heavy on the scary imagery and light on the gore that tries to pass as horror these days. I would really like to know more about the Hauncheyville Carnival, but alas, I don't know that this will ever be expanded beyond what it is now.
thereadingknitter's review
1.0
"No one would ever forget the night the carnival came to town. "
Vincent Carlson used to have a good life. He lived on a small farm in Doverton, Wisconsin, with his loving teenage daughter, Leanne. His biggest worries were tending his corn crop and being a good dad to Leanne. But that was before the seedy little carnival came to town, bringing with them the tiny humanoid creatures called Haunchies . For Vincent Carlson and the whole town of Doverton that was the night everything changed.
My Review - Weird! Just weird. And short.
Vincent Carlson used to have a good life. He lived on a small farm in Doverton, Wisconsin, with his loving teenage daughter, Leanne. His biggest worries were tending his corn crop and being a good dad to Leanne. But that was before the seedy little carnival came to town, bringing with them the tiny humanoid creatures called Haunchies . For Vincent Carlson and the whole town of Doverton that was the night everything changed.
My Review - Weird! Just weird. And short.
shiv91's review
2.0
I hate giving low ratings, especially when like this, it was for free but I don't do it without good reason to.
The characters, for me, where very 1 dimensional and although the story-line wasn't terrible, it did nothing for me. Came across slightly ridiculous so rather than scaring me in any way, it sort of just annoyed me.
Still an interesting enough read though so I would say to give it a go as it's so short.
The characters, for me, where very 1 dimensional and although the story-line wasn't terrible, it did nothing for me. Came across slightly ridiculous so rather than scaring me in any way, it sort of just annoyed me.
Still an interesting enough read though so I would say to give it a go as it's so short.
qu073179's review
2.0
Weird and Laughable.
It was well-written, but content was weird and laughable! It should have been a chapter or two longer for resolve. It was a tad cliche as well.
It was well-written, but content was weird and laughable! It should have been a chapter or two longer for resolve. It was a tad cliche as well.
diaryofabookahloic's review
1.0
this is a weird short story to stay the lease. The story line was different the what i normal find my self pick up to read/ choosing to read. i did get t for free from amazon. now i can't say i'd pick it up other wise even though the blurb did catch my attention. it a little bit hard for me to gasp what happened maybe cause i read it in a few hours or maybe the passe of the story was to fast for me to get every thing that happen. don't get me wrong it is interesting read to say the least but it also was to short of a read i would of like it to be a little bit longer and show what happen within the town. with each other those reason it 3 stars good story line and writing style but to short and to fast.
ragne's review
3.0
An OK short story. It would be good as one of several in a horror short story collection. If the author published something like that, I would buy it. So, I guess it worked well as a teaser.
A bit unsatisfying end, it felt a bit hurried.
A bit unsatisfying end, it felt a bit hurried.
ogrezed's review
3.0
Although I enjoyed the short story, I felt it should have been fleshed out a bit more. But it gave me more than one shudder while reading.
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