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An excellent horror anthology that explores mental health in many surprising and powerful ways - highly recommended Full review - https://www.runalongtheshelves.net/bl...
A book published to support a good cause ( in this case a mental health charity) must always be encouraged. Truth be told this anthology is neither better than worse than most dark fiction anthologies currently on the market. A mixed bag, as the majority of short story anthologies.So why do not buy a copy? And I’ll give three more reasons for doing that, i.e. the highlights of the book.“ Nocturia” by Nicholas Ray is difficult to classify and describe, but provides an extremely enjoyable descript...
A beautiful anthology. Highly recommend for fans of speculative horror. Nice to read some dark stories with light endings.
Out of the Darkness is a great anthology of horror stories riffing on the theme of mental health. Produced in collaboration with the charity Together for Mental Wellbeing, the project is handled sensitively and provides a welcome antidote to the unfortunate horror tradition of using a character’s mental health problems as either a plot twist or a thing to be feared.Two stories in particular really stand out. The first is ‘Oblio’ by Richard V. Hirst, a beautifully structured and intriguing explor...
A wonderful anthology of dark fiction for a good cause.
The first story, I thought, was dreadful, and had me worried for how the rest of the anthology would turn out. But the next story was excellent, and so was the one after that. Some absolute gems in this collection, and with proceeds going to mental health charities it's really a win-win.
Some really beautiful, hopeful stories in here, some deliciously weird, some deeply unsettling. All written with skill and grace. Wonderful anthology.