I Know a Place: Rest Stop and Other Dark Detours by Nat Cassidy
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
12 short stories and 1 novella (ish) length story; equals 13 bite sized chunks of delicious horror from Nat Cassidy. Each one of them twisted… and as you read on each seems a bit stranger than the last. Culminating in a storm with an untraditional narrative that is a conscious stream of (nearly) nonsense. My favourite of all the stories was also a different narrative approach in which the story is told in emails back and forth… and it’s brilliant!! Especially the ending that is lines and lines a single emoji! I won’t tell you which one as it’s too good to spoil. Weeks after reading it I still have images of this one in my head, and the descriptive sounds!!
The opening novella length story, Rest Stop, is horror for horrors sake. A little bit of inspiration seems to have come from Jigsaw and trapping your ‘prey’ by tricking them into feeling safe in one place, and then destroying that illusion. It features a huge spider which is a literal nightmare to me. Spiders are the absolute worst!!! *shudder* I almost had to skip through it but luckily the story moves on quickly to a new threat; and (for me) nothing is as terrifying as a spider (unless it’s the vast deep dark ocean that is equal or worse; but that’s a different kind of terror).
The remaining stories are all clever in their own way. The variety of stories here shows the vast range of plot points and items that can be horrific. Nat Cassidy does a wonderful job of highlighting serial killers, supernatural entities, crazed humans, fungus (yep mushrooms) and more to demonstrate the multitude of options available to scare us. I guarantee everyone will find at least one (if not more) stories here that touches a nerve and gives you the horror shudder you are likely looking for when you pick-up a Cassidy book.
Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review.
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My rating: 4 of 5 stars
12 short stories and 1 novella (ish) length story; equals 13 bite sized chunks of delicious horror from Nat Cassidy. Each one of them twisted… and as you read on each seems a bit stranger than the last. Culminating in a storm with an untraditional narrative that is a conscious stream of (nearly) nonsense. My favourite of all the stories was also a different narrative approach in which the story is told in emails back and forth… and it’s brilliant!! Especially the ending that is lines and lines a single emoji! I won’t tell you which one as it’s too good to spoil. Weeks after reading it I still have images of this one in my head, and the descriptive sounds!!
The opening novella length story, Rest Stop, is horror for horrors sake. A little bit of inspiration seems to have come from Jigsaw and trapping your ‘prey’ by tricking them into feeling safe in one place, and then destroying that illusion. It features a huge spider which is a literal nightmare to me. Spiders are the absolute worst!!! *shudder* I almost had to skip through it but luckily the story moves on quickly to a new threat; and (for me) nothing is as terrifying as a spider (unless it’s the vast deep dark ocean that is equal or worse; but that’s a different kind of terror).
The remaining stories are all clever in their own way. The variety of stories here shows the vast range of plot points and items that can be horrific. Nat Cassidy does a wonderful job of highlighting serial killers, supernatural entities, crazed humans, fungus (yep mushrooms) and more to demonstrate the multitude of options available to scare us. I guarantee everyone will find at least one (if not more) stories here that touches a nerve and gives you the horror shudder you are likely looking for when you pick-up a Cassidy book.
Please note: I received an eARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. This is an honest and unbiased review.
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