STORY REVIEW: Shadow—A Parable
Tim MatassaBefore “The Masque of the Red Death,” there was “Shadow”—and try as these revelers might, no amount of partying in hiding can keep Death at bay for long.
Tag: Short Stories
STORY REVIEW: Lionizing
Robert Jones has an epic nose, and everyone admires him for it. Plus, schnozzes, proboscises, and Nosology. It’s noses everywhere!
STORY REVIEW: The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall
A Dutch man tries to outrun his creditors by flying a hot air balloon to the moon. Plus, bulging eyeballs and ugly aliens—but is it all a hoax?
STORY REVIEW: The Hand
Did a severed human hand commit murder all by itself? Plus, does the supernatural exist, or is anything we can’t explain just “inexplicable”?
STORY REVIEW: The Monkey’s Paw
Three wishes from a mummified monkey’s paw… what could go wrong?
STORY REVIEW: The Spectre Bridegroom
A case of mistaken identity causes chaos in this mistaken ghost story. Plus, spooky vibes, a clever ruse, and an engagement with the worms.
STORY REVIEW: Metzengerstein
Poe’s first story, about a boy and his horse. Except the boy is a sociopath, the horse is possessed, and there’s some real unhealthy obsession going on.
SHORT STORY REVIEW: The Book of Blood
A handsome young psychic enacts a bold–or stupid–plan in a house haunted by the worst kind of violent ghosts.
They don’t like it. And they want to tell their real stories–even if it means carving their own Book of Blood.