A review by howlinglibraries
Corpse Cold: New American Folklore by John Brhel, Joseph Sullivan

4.0

If you, like myself, grew up loving Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, you absolutely need this book in your life. It's essentially a version of Scary Stories for adults, complete with the twisted little illustrations and everything, and I had a lot of fun with this one! I will say it didn't pack quite the punch that I at first expected it to after having read some other short stories by this writing duo, but the further into the collection I got, the more I appreciated that, because these feel so authentically inspired by the stories I loved so much as a kid. I'm also a sucker for urban legends, so if you are too, you'll enjoy the homages these stories pay to campfire stories and those tall cautionary tales so many of us grew up hearing.