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Bookmark on DeliciousPublished: Aug. 29, 2010
Words: 51417 (approximate)
Language: English
Ebook short description
A suicide on a dark bridge over a rushing river is interrupted. A young woman's dream of opening her own bakery is ruined by the discovery of an unknown stairwell. A student's Internet plagiarism has dire consequences. All this and much more on the winding path among A Fine Cast of Characters. J. Dane Tyler weaves a web of short stories in this, his debut publication.Extended description
In this collection of tales from author J. Dane Tyler, there's a stairway under a bakery leading to a mysterious door doesn't appear on any architectural drawings, but can't be avoided. There's a student skating his way through high school stealing stories on the Internet who thinks no one will ever find out. And a man intent on suicide learns lessons on life and struggle from a stranger with a very strange motive.This, and other excursions into the dark corners of the imagination of J. Dane Tyler, in his publishing debut.
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horror, short stories, horror fiction, horror stories, horror short stories, collections, horror collections, horror anthology short storyAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Charlotte E. English
on Sep. 11, 2011 :
This short story collection stands out for its varied characters and voices. The author presents tales ranging across the horror spectrum; we encounter ghosts and ghost ships, demons and vampires, soldiers at war and plenty of strange and inexplicable happenings. The stories range in length from a mere few pages through to three or four full chapters. Most of them are set in the modern world (though one of my personal favourites had the air of a nineteenth-century horror story); each story features protagonists with clear, distinct personalities and voices and it certainly feels like meeting a fine cast of characters. I didn't enjoy every story here, but the majority were absorbing and all were well presented. Recommended for readers who enjoy chilling, creepy short fiction.
(reviewed long after purchase)