David reviewed It Sees You When You’re Sleeping by Gemma Amor
It’s fine
3 stars
This was fine. Not Amor’s best, but still worth reading
eBook, 46 pages
English language
Published Dec. 7, 2023
It's Christmas day in the morning, and all is calm, all is bright.
Or is it? Peter and his young niece Alice are unwrapping presents when they first hear it: a sound, long and loud and wrong, somehow.
The kind of sound that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stir.
The kind of sound that is a harbinger to grief, and suffering.
Screams, coming from next door.
Peter finds his teenaged neighbour cowering, terrified and blood-soaked in her hallway. Her mom and dad are nowhere to be seen.
When he eventually discovers them- or what is left of them- he wishes he hadn't.
Because someone, or something, has butchered the Morris family, and made peculiar festive decorations with their remains.
Deranged killer, or something else entirely?
Whatever it is, it came down the chimney...
And it's killing spree is just getting started. Can Peter keep Alice safe? …
It's Christmas day in the morning, and all is calm, all is bright.
Or is it? Peter and his young niece Alice are unwrapping presents when they first hear it: a sound, long and loud and wrong, somehow.
The kind of sound that makes the hairs on the back of your neck stir.
The kind of sound that is a harbinger to grief, and suffering.
Screams, coming from next door.
Peter finds his teenaged neighbour cowering, terrified and blood-soaked in her hallway. Her mom and dad are nowhere to be seen.
When he eventually discovers them- or what is left of them- he wishes he hadn't.
Because someone, or something, has butchered the Morris family, and made peculiar festive decorations with their remains.
Deranged killer, or something else entirely?
Whatever it is, it came down the chimney...
And it's killing spree is just getting started. Can Peter keep Alice safe? Or will they end up the same way: grisly ornamnets on a blood-soaked tree?
This quick, pacy horror creature feature from Bram Stoker and British Fantasy Award nominated author Gemma Amor is the perfect festive bite-sized treat for fans of Predator and Krampus, and is the ideal stocking filler for fans of the macabre, the weird and the downright creepy.
This was fine. Not Amor’s best, but still worth reading