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leonareads's review
4.0
Four survivors - The Preacher, The Woman, The Kid and an inebriated McGrigor - flee the city to get to higher ground as a new disease takes hold and annihilates life.
This is one story that I wish was a little longer. I would have loved to read more about the apocalypse itself. I won't say much about what happens when infection takes hold because of spoilers but I absolutely loved it. I also thought the reasoning behind McGrigor's drinking was smart as hell. At first I thought he was just a nihilistic drunk but, in the end, there was more to him than that.
This was the first of the Ghostly Shadows short stories that I have read so far. I think it will be hard to beat as my favourite! 4.5 stars
This is one story that I wish was a little longer. I would have loved to read more about the apocalypse itself. I won't say much about what happens when infection takes hold because of spoilers but I absolutely loved it. I also thought the reasoning behind McGrigor's drinking was smart as hell. At first I thought he was just a nihilistic drunk but, in the end, there was more to him than that.
This was the first of the Ghostly Shadows short stories that I have read so far. I think it will be hard to beat as my favourite! 4.5 stars
jugglingpup's review
4.0
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I got an ARC of this book.
This was a quick read, but it didn’t skimp on the horror. This is yet another great read from Jameson. This one told of an illness that seemed just downright disgusting and horrifying to endure. This is not a zombie tale, instead maybe it is a plant tale?
On page there are two graphic deaths. The deaths are gruesome in a way that I never expected. I was really grossed out. I loved it. The scream sealed the horror in for me though. The idea that the scream was always part of the sickness just made it so you couldn’t ignore what was happening around you. It was a really good, small detail.
That being said, I wish this was longer. I wanted to know more. I wanted to see what would happen. Did the MC make it through his whole storage of alcohol? Did he have to find more? Did he find someone else? I wish I had just a little bit more. It was a great read, but it was too short to give me a satisfied feeling sadly.
It really reminded me of one of the first bizarro stories I read. The one about the man and his suit made of cockroaches and how he met a man with a suit made of twinkies. I know they sound drastically different, but they had a similar feel to them. Something about them is just haunting and also extremely practical and shocking. I would love to see Jameson do a hardcore bizzao story.
I got an ARC of this book.
This was a quick read, but it didn’t skimp on the horror. This is yet another great read from Jameson. This one told of an illness that seemed just downright disgusting and horrifying to endure. This is not a zombie tale, instead maybe it is a plant tale?
On page there are two graphic deaths. The deaths are gruesome in a way that I never expected. I was really grossed out. I loved it. The scream sealed the horror in for me though. The idea that the scream was always part of the sickness just made it so you couldn’t ignore what was happening around you. It was a really good, small detail.
That being said, I wish this was longer. I wanted to know more. I wanted to see what would happen. Did the MC make it through his whole storage of alcohol? Did he have to find more? Did he find someone else? I wish I had just a little bit more. It was a great read, but it was too short to give me a satisfied feeling sadly.
It really reminded me of one of the first bizarro stories I read. The one about the man and his suit made of cockroaches and how he met a man with a suit made of twinkies. I know they sound drastically different, but they had a similar feel to them. Something about them is just haunting and also extremely practical and shocking. I would love to see Jameson do a hardcore bizzao story.
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