I've not read many short story works before but this was an easy/fun read and I want to grab more horror anthologies now because of it, as well as check out other works by the authors within!

Negative Space is a collection of horror stories all written in the vein of a video game’s backstory. You get to join the characters as they are introduced to a Holy Shit kind of situation, and try to manage survival.I haven’t been all that into video games in a moon’s age, but I loved the hell out of several when I was a youngin. DOOM comes to mind; and some of the stories in this book held a similar steeze and suspense, which had me amply tickled.I enjoyed all these stories, to varying degrees...

Negative Space, from Dark Peninsula Press is an anthology of survival horror. What you ask, is survival horror? Well, it’s a term coined from ps1 era games such as resident evil. It’s about atmosphere, dread, scavenging supplies. Hoping to hell that last bullet takes down that creature. If the video game inspiration doesn’t sell you, that’s fine. I’ve read the book, I can tell you the stories stand on their own. They embody what survival horror is about and make it their own on these pages. Hell...

Negative Space is an anthology of survival horror inspired by video games like Resident Evil and Silent Hill. Each story has drops you right in the middle of the horror as if you are a character waking up in one of these iconic games. However, you do not have to be a fan of these video games, or games at all, to enjoy or understand the stories in this anthology. Each story possesses its own gripping quality and haunting twist or morose ending. The stories presented here are solid and there is no...

If I'm goin to play a video game you bet it's going to be scary.There are twelve unique stories in this collection that range from body horror to space terror, zombies to aquatic monstrosities, each essentially a micro level of a video game.As with all short story collections there are hits and misses, among my favourites were:The Whale Hunts - P L McMillan (Prisoners work off their sentence on a ship hunting a gigantic "whale" that's killing the ocean and everything in it.Six Weeks - M J Mars (...

If you are familiar with or enjoyed Silent Hill and Resident Evil, then you’ll definitely get the entertainment factor of this anthology. The 90’s video games into the mainstream; most of which I truly enjoyed but Silent Hill was my favorite. Much to my surprise, I had no idea that two decades later, I would be reintroduced to this genre in page form! The introduction by Aric Sundquist tells us that survival horror is a subgenre of horror in video games in which the “protagonist(s) must face dir...

I stayed up late last night to finish “Negative Space: An Anthology of Survival Horror”, by Aric Sundquist. Staying up late to finish a book always seems like a good idea at the time. Then I have deep regrets in the morning because waking up for work is so difficult. Anyway, I digress…When I first read survival horror in the title of “Negative Space” I was not completely sure what that term meant. Aric Sundquist eloquently describes in his introduction the definition of survival horror and its p...

If you’re a fan of the survival horror sub-genre then this book is definitely for you! But even if you’re just a fan of horror in general I guarantee you’ll find things you like here.Editor Aric Sundquist (also owner of the publisher Dark Peninsula Press) writes in the introduction how he loved the glory days of survival horror video games and was wondering if the sub-genre would translate well to story form. Well, I’m happy to report it very much does!There are twelve stories here, all fairly d...

I will never forget the first time I played Resident Evil. I was home alone out in the country and it was the middle of the night. The character I was playing as was slowly walking down a hallway and- SMASH!! The window shattered and zombie dogs gave chase. I screamed out loud, turned off my game console, and put on a comedy. That was enough for the night. 20 years later, I still remember that.As a gamer AND a huge horror fan, this anthology is a perfect combination of the worlds you'd find in g...

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As someone who reads dark thrillers but avoids gratuitous gore and violence, I really enjoyed reading this anthology. The stories embody the survival horror genre well, but are tasteful, diverse and well-written. The cover artwork sets the theme, evoking a hardcore version of 1960’s juvenile mysteries. I loved the variety of stories: they range from dark & unsettling, to sci-fi inspired, to completely unexpected (the fantastic “Puzzled Pieces, Lock-In Places”). I liked that so many of them surpr...

This was an excellent collection of (survival) horror! The stories throughout were well-balanced with their settings--ranging from sci-fi, apocalyptic, historical, and modern--so it never felt like the point was being dragged out in anyway. I found myself enjoying the sci-fi stories the most ("Curiosity's Child" and "Rhapsody in Flesh Minor"...still not sure if the narrator is male or female but that just made it more engaging) just because of personal preference, but "Black Tongue" by Richard B...

Negative Space: An Anthology of Survival Horror edited by Aric Sundquist is a collection of twelve short tales that will make you extra grateful for the comforts and safety of home that surround you while you read through these terrifying worlds.The organization of the tales within the collection itself was perfect. I loved that the introduction was pleasant and lighthearted and then first tale has a bit of morbid humor mixed with the darkness and terror to ease us into things. But take a breath...

This well-curated collection of horror tales from Dark Peninsula Press is reminiscent of Stephen King’s Night Shift, where the reader never knows until the end if the main character will survive, or if they survive, they will be … changed. Each writer’s voice adds a unique element to the collection, from the slow build of Puzzled Pieces, Locked in Places, to the racing pace of Six Weeks. I could not read Midnight, Off Arkansas River Trail by Eric J. Guignard fast enough! From surviving in the ho...

This is a fucking fantastic anthology. And by fucking fantastic, I mean that once again I will have to edit to put this review on Amazon, but also I mean that there wasn't a single story that would have rated below 3 stars on its own. Be honest, the fucking fantastic got your attention, didn't it? I know, I know there is no reason for me to cuss this way in book reviews, but it fucking works.Seriously, story for story, this is my favorite anthology in a while.11 new to me authors. I only had exp...

Dark Peninsula Press greets the indie horror scene with an anthology of survival horror. If, like me, you have a vague idea of what that could mean, but aren’t quite sure what you’re getting yourself into, editor Aric Sundquist pens a not-to-be-missed introduction on the subject. This introduction details how the main inspiration is taken from video games such as Silent Hill and Resident Evil, to name just a couple, the themes are present throughout the history of horror literature and film. For...

Humans are such fragile, tiny things. You rush through your lives trying to make yourselves happy, but deep down, you're terrified of being alone.- Luminescence Marine apocalypse anyone? I thought this'd be your usual creature feature, but once the story started delving into how shitty human beings can be to each other it got much more interesting. 4*- The Collectors A woman tries to escape an hospital infested by disturbing creatures. This felt way more video game-y than many books inspired by