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Description:
"Includes two free additional short stories.
That's three 'terrorific' short stories for one low price. No Way out - Mike takes a bet to go inside a haunted house, but will he live long enough to collect?
Also includes:
The Price of Friendship – How much is a best friend worth? Joey finds out the hard way.
Hobgoblin Horror – Jake only volunteered at the retirement home because Shelby works there. So, it's no wonder he's doesn't hear Mr. Fitches' warnings about a local homicidal hobgoblin—too bad for him. "
Ugh, "terrorific"? Being the title story, I am assuming this was the best one. Sooo I'm not gonna read the others.
Here you have your basic bet to go into a haunted house story. It's weird that this type of story is a cliche, because I actually can't name another example. They must have all been so scary I forgot them.
Basically, whatshisname goes into the haunted house, finds his friend's lame booby trap, then a cat attacks him and he falls through the stairs. After a while, his friend comes in after him and that idiot also falls down the stairs. There, they find themselves trapped inside a pit with NO WAY OUT.
The End.
Also, they eat the cat.
Ratings:
Realistic Narration: 3 out of 5. The narration was actually pretty okay. He used words like "gonna" because it's a kid doing the narration. It flowed pretty smoothly, with only a few grammatical errors. The tone was a little off for a horror story though. I was so far from the edge of my seat that I fell backwards.
The Dialogue, On the Other Hand...: 2 out of 5. The beginning read like, "I DARE you to, CHICKEN!" and it wouldn't be a horror story if someone didn't say, "M-m-mike...?" This is the sort of shit that has my eyes rolling until the retinas disconnect. Not only were there no real visceral descriptions of the fear or panic that the characters felt (actually no descriptions at all), but the dialogue didn't show it either. So all I have to go off of is the strength of my imagination and things just...happening, and anyone that has shared a bed with me can tell you my imagination is not incredibly strong.
The Ending: Lazy out of 5. The ending is that there is no way out, and it is presumed that they are going to die, but it never reaches the point where they die, it only goes to like a week later after they have eaten the cat. When his friend fell down the hole, he busted his leg and blood started spilling everywhere. That's a good opportunity to do ANYTHING. Does the friend die? Does the main character eat him? How does he FEEL- fuck! Better yet, have the main character break his leg and tell us the terror of THAT. Or is it too edgy to have the main character be in state of real panic in a horror story? IT SURE SEEMS LIKE IT, CAUSE HE JUST TELLS THE STORY LIKE IT'S NOTHING. WHAT THE HELL!? JUST WRITE ANYTHING DOWN, JUST THINK OF AN ENDING AND WRITE IT DOWN.
Sorry. Overall: 1.5 out of 5. The worst part of this story is there is so little to work with. I can't even say anything interesting about it because it's just empty. How do you review a blank fucking page?
"The color is not quite white, but rather sort of off-white, but not as dark as a recycled blank page. There are also none of those little spots, and the strength and quality are superior to recycled paper. The corners are crisply cut..." -- Just a sample from my Blank Page Series at amazon.com/author/a.c.blackhall
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