The third installment in the Halloween Carnival series. McBride's is the anchor in this installment, but newcomers, Armstrong and Grant, give nice little additions as well. Let's get right into them:The Way Lost - Kelley ArmstrongEvery year, in the town of Franklin, a child disappears. No one talks about it and everyone goes about their business. Dale Tucker knows what happens. Or does he?A fun tale of small town legend meets reality.4.5 out of 5 starsLa Calavera - Kate MaruyamaA roommate is a l...

ARC REVIEW THE WAY LOST by Kelley Armstrong"The kids in Franklin don’t ask questions. Each Halloween, one of them disappears into the forest. Dale promised his mother he’d never go into the woods alone. But the kids in Franklin also lie."I'm leaving the blurb as the descriptive because it just so creepy. I haven't read Kelley Armstrong in what seems like forever, I loved her Otherworld series and I love her writing style and this short story is well damn, I wasn't expecting that. It was a really...

The Halloween Carnival Vol 3 is the third in a five e-book horror series launched just in time for the spooky season. Each book serves up five short stories by genre masters – as well as some talented up-and-comers – for the low cost price of $2.99 and will be released, one a week, throughout October in the lead up to Halloween.Volume 3 sees stories by Kelley Armstrong, Kate Maruyama, Michael McBride, Taylor Grant and Greg Chapman and is the pick of the series to date.Each of the five yarns are

The Way Lost (Kelley Armstrong) My favorite story in the collection with a great solution. *****La Calavera (Kate Maruyama) The ending provided a nice, though foreseeable twist. ** The Devil's Due (Michael McBride)This felt like a routinely written story with enough details and a clever plot, but it did not provoke any strong feelings while reading it. ***A Thousand Rooms of Darkness (Taylor Grant)It was OK I think, but also the least memorable - I must admit I already forgot most of it. ** The

Once again, many thanks to Brian James Freeman and Hydra for the wonderful opportunity to receive an advance copy of this book in exchange for a review. It was a pleasure, as always.HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL – what a cool title for a really neat concept. Brian is taking Halloween stories from the best of the best, and including them in a five volume set of books – 5 stories in each. Each one released a week in October. Reading these books may become a yearly “October tradition”, unless Brian decides to...

Copy furnished by Net Galley for the price of a review.Nothing here raised my hackles or made my thumbs prickle, but it's a nice Halloween collection. I did appreciate the gruesome image that author Greg Chapman laid on me with his notion of mutilated pumpkins sitting on porches, smiling their horrible smiles.

Creepier than the last book, there's something in here for almost everyone. Whether you like your stories supernatural or not, gory or not graphic at all. They're all dark but different. One or two even has a lesson in there somewhere. I enjoyed some more than others, but appreciated each of the five stories. These are great books for quick spooky reads in October. The Way LostOne kid in Franklin disappears every Halloween night. It's expected. It's normal. They are seen near the woods before th...

Review copyDuring the month of October 2017, Brian James Freeman and the folks at Hydra, have gotten together to present a total of twenty-five Halloween tales of horror from twenty-five of the best genre writers working today. Every Tuesday during October there will be a new volume in the Halloween Carnival anthology series.Volume three is a solid entry in this series and is well worth your time this Halloween reading season.The Way Lost by Kelley Armstrong - A delightfully disturbing story wit...

🎃 Horrificent Halloween Book! 🎃N.B. Horrificent is totally a word (at least it is in my world and it's my review so you're in my world now whether you like it or not) and should be imagined as a unique blend of horrific and magnificent.Halloween Carnival Volume 3 is the third of five volumes of short stories being released in time for Halloween. While I promise you I know how to count I didn't feel like reading something the length of a novella when I started Volume 2 and then got sucked into th...

Halloween Carnival is a series of five ebooks from Hydra (Random House) featuring unique and creepy short stories. One volume will be released each week in October 2017, with the last coming out on Halloween. Halloween is my favorite holiday, so I'm loving these story collections!! The cover art is fantastic & the stories are deliciously varied and creeptastic!Each volume features five Halloween theme stories. In Volume 3: The Way Lost - Kelley Armstrong. Every year on Halloween a kid in Frankli...

Good collection of spooky stories. Each story is entertaining, and you never know what's around the bend with each one. All of them were different and quick to read. I liked this one even more than Volume 2.

3.5/5 starsHalloween Carnival Volume 3 consists of the following stories:1. THE WAY LOST by Kelley Armstrong2. LA CALAVERA by Kate Maruyama3. THE DEVIL’S DUE by Michael McBride4. A THOUSAND ROOMS OF DARKNESS by Taylor Grant5. THE LAST NIGHT OF OCTOBER by Greg ChapmanThis volume includes five short stories by five different authors. All of the stories are about Halloween or they take place on Halloween.One of my favorite authors is Kelley Armstrong so I was anxious to grab this Volume of spooky s...

A++++I loved this grouping of stories!!! Really great way to get in the Halloween mood!! Although I enjoyed every one of these, my favourite would probably fall to either to “The Devils Due” or “The Last Night in October.” “The Devils Due” had a feel of a Halloween Krampus and was just fabulous. “The Last Night in October” was just creepy and a perfect choice to end the collection. Pure fun. Highly recommended.**Thanks to NetGalley for providing book in exchange of an honest review.***