Dark: Stories of Madness, Murder and the Supernatural - Thrilling Horror Book Collection | Perfect for Halloween Reading & Scary Story Lovers
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Elizabeth Gaskell locks us in a room with a woman who is losing her mind - slowly; Will Self offers a vision of hell that would frighten Hannibel Lecter; Patrick McGrath gives us the world's worst mother and the darkness in which she lives; Thomas Harris introduces you to a madman who will chew off your lips, tie you to a wheelchair, and set you on fire... for starters; Iain Banks shows us evil in the mind of a child, ruined by the malice of a father. Bret Easton Ellis abandons us to the rage of a young man whose brutality will haunt your nightmares long after you've forgotten literature's other psychopaths. Also includes work by writers such as Stephen King, Anne Rice, Patricia Highsmith, Joyce Carol Oates, Paul Bowles, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and Shirley Jackson. Like all Adrenaline books Dark includes only first-rate prose, offering a vision of our capacity for evil - and a reminder of how much we love to be frightened.
Customer Reviews
Normally I don't like enjoy short stories but I am finding listening to them is more enjoyable for me than reading them. Many times I am working while listening and short stories seem to give me a bit more sanctification that I am accomplishing something and if I can't get right back to it, they are easier to remember.That being said,I enjoyed this book very much. Some stories better than others of course. I found a nice variety from the good old Poe classics to a pretty gross-out story from Will Self. Something for everyone.My favorite was THE YELLOW WALLPAPER by Charlotte Perkins Gilman which told about a young bride and her doctor husband who live in an old mansion that "she" who is never named believes is haunted. Verging on madness she is confined to her room where she believes that something is wrong with the yellow wallpaper. I found this a very edge of my seat story with a sad ending in my opinion. For me it was more than a horror story, it was a look into how women were treated in the late 1800's, how she is denied the simple things like writing and being creative were frowned upon. Reading things like this make me happy that I was born when I was even though I think somethings were better in the older days.Stories include:The Monkey's Paw, Smee, The Cask of Amontillado, The Cafeteria and many more. A smorgasbord of short, well written and well read horror. Supernatural, psychological and just plain ewwww[...] Trust me, you will find something that clicks with you.
