bittertea reviewed The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard
None
5 stars
This was really good
paperback, 152 pages
Published April 10, 2020 by Iron Circus.
The Crossroads at Midnight
by Abby Howard
A masterful collection of tales from the faded border between our day-to-day world and the horrifying unknown on the other side of midnight.
An old woman living alone on the edge of a bog gets an unexpected — and unsettling — visitor, throwing her quiet life into a long-buried mystery. An isolated backwoods family stumbles into good fortune for a time with a monstrous discovery in the lake behind their house, but that time is running short. And a misfit little girl, struggling to make friends, meets an understanding soul one day at the beach: but why will he only play with her alone at night? All these lonely souls — and more — have reached out into the darkness, not knowing what they might find.
Around the dark edges of reality lurk unknown beings with unknowable intentions — ordinary objects can become cursed possessions, entities who seem …
A masterful collection of tales from the faded border between our day-to-day world and the horrifying unknown on the other side of midnight.
An old woman living alone on the edge of a bog gets an unexpected — and unsettling — visitor, throwing her quiet life into a long-buried mystery. An isolated backwoods family stumbles into good fortune for a time with a monstrous discovery in the lake behind their house, but that time is running short. And a misfit little girl, struggling to make friends, meets an understanding soul one day at the beach: but why will he only play with her alone at night? All these lonely souls — and more — have reached out into the darkness, not knowing what they might find.
Around the dark edges of reality lurk unknown beings with unknowable intentions — ordinary objects can become cursed possessions, entities who seem like friends can become monstrous, and those who seem monstrous can become the truest companions. In this collection of evocative, unnerving slice-of-life horror, five stories explore what happens when one is desperate enough to seek solace in the unnatural, and what might be waiting for us at the Crossroads at Midnight.
nex3 reviewed The Crossroads at Midnight by Abby Howard
None
5 stars
As much as I love her comedic work, Abby Howard's mastery of horror in particular can't be denied. Her trademark black-and-white crosshatched style lends even the most mundane scenes as strong a sense of ominous tension as any movie can offer, and when she's finally ready to show off the grotesquerie the images will sear themselves into your brain.
As much as I love her comedic work, Abby Howard's mastery of horror in particular can't be denied. Her trademark black-and-white crosshatched style lends even the most mundane scenes as strong a sense of ominous tension as any movie can offer, and when she's finally ready to show off the grotesquerie the images will sear themselves into your brain.
