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Ladataan... Halloween SeasonTekijä: Lucy A. Snyder
   - Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta.  Reading_Vicariously | May 22, 2023 |   Normally I would list off which tales I liked the most, but because I liked them all, I'm having some difficulties. Certainly the funniest story has to go to THE TOYMAKER'S JOY because...well, you'd have to read it. Let's see...we have an evil twin, a telepathic ferret, witches and magic, zombies, a lonely, intolerant space traveler and a singer in the swamp. Both good people and bad inhabit these pages, all just waiting for your discovery. Very well written, inventive and imaginative, Halloween Season was a fantastic addition to my October reading and it would be to yours as well! Highly Recommended! Get your copy here: https://amzn.to/36TlIjc *Thanks to Erin and to Raw Dog Screaming Press for the paperback in exchange for my honest feedback. This is it!* (less) (  ) Charrlygirl | Nov 18, 2020 | There is a poem to set the tone and then it is on to the essence of the book which are stories which range from humorous, nostalgic, classic, sheer horror and back again. It is akin to going door to door on Halloween night, and receiving a story at each house where you rung the doorbell. Each story is a world in itself and the writing reflects the sometimes surreal and the more often horrific circumstances of each tale being told. I found all of the stories in the collection interesting and enjoyable. Thank you to Erin Sweet Al-Mehairi for a copy of this book. I really did like reading it. It was refreshing to read short stories that don't feel like the author was trying to write a condensed book but more of a sitting by the campfire roasting marshmallows while telling scary stories type of treat. ( ) Veronica.Sparrow | Sep 6, 2020 | näyttää 3/3 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
"Halloween is the most wonderful part of the year for many of us. For dedicated fans, the season begins when the leaves start turning autumn colors and doesn't finish until Hallowtide ends in November. With it comes a whole lot of fun: scary movies and stories, haunted houses, seasonal sweets, spooky decorations, costume parties, and of course trick or treat. But Halloween is also a deeply spiritual time for some; it's an opportunity to remember and honor loved ones who have passed on. Master storyteller Lucy A. Snyder has filled her cauldron with everything that Halloween means to her and distilled it into a spell-binding volume of stories. Within these pages you'll find thrills and chills, hilarity and horrors, the sweet and the naughty. One of the best things about Halloween is you don't have to be yourself. So go ahead and try on a new mask or two ... you may discover hidden talents as a witch, a pirate, a space voyager, a zombie fighter, or even an elf. This is the perfect collection to celebrate the season of the dead or to summon those heady autumn vibes whenever you like. You may even find a couple of tales that evoke a certain winter holiday that keeps trying to crowd in on the fun"--Page 4 of cover Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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On the other hand, not every story really worked for me. Typically they would begin with furious activity but then fall flat by the end. Also, and this may not be a qualm for some, but in a collection that would appear so Halloween-centric there are very few stories that actually involve the spookiest of seasons in any meaningful way. And the inclusion of two Christmas stories felt...wrong.
Overall it’s an uneven group of stories, as collections tend to go, but there’s certainly much worth reading. In fact with such a wide variety there’s probably something here for everyone! Certain stories I’d even like to see as full novels! Favorites include:
“Cosmic Cola”
“Visions of the Dream Witch”
“What Dwells Within”
“In the Family” (