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I received an email from this publisher, inviting me to Net Galley to download this book. Since I read the first two volumes and enjoyed them, I hopped right over to NG and downloaded this bad boy. Unfortunately I didn't enjoy it as much as I had hoped. The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero by Peter Straub: I love Peter Straub or perhaps I should say I lurve him? Ghost Story was my favorite book for over two decades. But the story in this collection? I couldn't make heads or tails of i...
I got a copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review Holy shit Dark Screams keeps getting worse every volume. I just remembered that I didn't even finish the second one because it was so bad. I apparently requested for the fourth volume. I'm really hoping it would turn out better than this. I don't think I'll ever finish the second volume though, it was just so boring.There are 5 short stories here. I gave two of them a 4, one of them a 3, and the other 2 a 1 star rating. The first short...
There's always a story that shines in the DARK SCREAMS anthologies: in number 3 my dark star candidate is NANCY bu Darynda Jones. This story opens in a high school in the most haunted town in America – ever wonder who decides that and how? I sure do. Anyway, a new girl comes to town and finds out just why the strangest girl in school is shunned. She's psycho, all right, among other things...The other surprise was Jack Ketchum's entry. Ketchum, known for writing extreme horror, penned a story tha...
I received an ARC copy of this e-book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.I did not enjoy this installment nearly as much as One and Two. I didn’t think that there were any really strong stories in the whole volume.The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero by Peter StraubI love the writing of Peter Straub but didn’t like this at all. It was an idea that didn’t work, at least not for me. Sort of metafiction in approach, it is basically the diary of child, w...
A mixed bag both in content & narration. A couple made it all worthwhile.Table of Contents"The Collected Short Stories of Freddie ProtheroIntroduction by Torless Magnussen, Ph.D." by Peter Straub: This might be better as text. In audio, it sucked. It's about short stories written by an 8 year old & they're read, so the narrator pronounced misspellings & used a child's voice. It was tough to make a lot of it out & I really didn't care. The idea of an 8 year old author who awes critics is tough to...
Three good stories, one great story (Ketchum), and then one terrible story.
ARC for review. I'm one for two on these short story collections, so I'm very hopeful!Well, BOO! This makes the score 1-2 to the negative for the "Dark Screams" anthologies. Like the others, this contains five stories, and unlike the others all are copyright 2015. "The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero" by Peter Straub - this began as an absolutely great construct, reminiscent of Flowers for Algernon and I was so looking forward to reading it.....until the collection itself. Annoying
I received this from the publisher in advance for review. Another great collection of five shorts that will have you reading in one sitting. For me, all were worthy of praise. The Peter Straub was a bit hazy, but once you put your mind to the prose as the boy ages his language becomes clear. A eerie tale. Jack Ketchum's tale put me in the area of Harvest Home by Tom Tryon, but with a twist. Reading Darynda Jones for the first time ,has me wanting more of her tales, another fine choice by the edi...
I have to give this anthology props for size. It fit perfectly into my thirty-minute lunch break. Sometimes these shorter works aren't quite long enough or are just a bit too long, which can be slightly unsatisfying. Unfortunately, everyone's reading speed differs so that aspect might not work quite as well for other people."The Collected Short Stories of Freddie Prothero" by Peter StraubThe biggest name in DARK SCREAMS: VOLUME THREE leads off the anthology. I mostly skimmed this story. I love p...
