HORROR LIBRARY VOL. 7 EDITED BY ERIC J GUIGNARD

HORROR LIBRARY vol. 7 edited by Eric J Guignard

14/4/2022

HORROR LIBRARY vol. 7
edited by Eric J Guignard
Dark Moon Books 2022
Reviewed by Mario Guslandi

The successful Horror Library series, now in the capable editorial hands of Eric J Guignard, returns with a seventh , hefty installment featuring thirty horrific short stories apt to scare and entertain horror fiction fans.

As a reviewer I’m certainly in no position to comment upon each single contributions, but I will simply focus on the stories which particularly impressed me.

Never Better by Michael Harris Cohen is an intense story about the untoward, unexpected effects of shrooms at first just used for a kind of sick joke, while Holder City by Garick Cooke is a brief but disturbing piece revolving around a wild young girl with a hidden family secret.

It’s almost impossible to describe Bentley Little’s In the Valley without producing spoilers. Enough to say that it’s a dark, original, disquieting tale.

Brady Golden pens Neon Showgirl a spendid story blending crime and the paranormal, and Gene O’Neill provides Ring Rust an intriguing piece about a ring fighter with some physical problems, which will be clarified only at the very end of the story.

In the cruel, but moving The Test by Zoe Kaplan, a young man faces a hard eating contest in order to get the money to cure his girlfriend.

8-Ball by Darren Todd is an enjoyable yet unsettling tale about the uncanny prophecies generated by a magic 8-Ball.

I hope to have given you a little taste of what the anthology has in store for you. I strongly advise you to secure a copy to savor the rest of this huge menu ( including a special Guest Artist’s gallery by Allen Koszowski)

HORROR LIBRARY VOL. 7 EDITED BY ERIC J GUIGNARD

The +Horror Library+ anthologies are internationally praised as a groundbreaking source of contemporary horror short fiction stories--relevant to the moment and stunning in impact--from leading authors of the macabre and darkly imaginative.
Filled with Fears and Fantasy. Death and Dark Dreams. Monsters and Mayhem. Literary Vision and Wonder. Each volume of the +Horror Library+ series is packed with heart-pounding thrills and creepy contemplations as to what truly lurks among the shadows of the world(s) we live in.
Containing 30 all-original stories, read Volume 7 in this ongoing anthology series, and then continue with the other volumes.
Shamble no longer through the banal humdrum of normalcy, but ENTER THE HORROR LIBRARY!
Included within Volume 7:
-  In "Hand of Glory," a despairing prison inmate studies astral projection in order to escape his cell.
-  In "The Key to Mabella," a cemetery groundskeeper discovers a mysterious vault key held by his predecessor and investigates what it unlocks.
-  In "Abandon," a tour guide takes friends to visit his home village, long-since deserted and languishing under superstition.
-  . . . and more!
-  Also including a special guest-artist's gallery of Allen Koszowski!