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A review by el_stevie
Ugly Little Things: Collected Horrors by Todd Keisling
5.0
This collection was received free from Crystal Lake Publishing in return for an honest review.
These stories are dark. From the good old-fashioned creepiness of A Man In Your Garden, to the murderous madness of Karen in When Karen Met Her Mountain and the unsettling dolls in The Harbinger, in Ugly Little Things Todd Keisling brings you horror in all its many different and wonderful guises. Some are subtle, others – like The House of Nettle and Thorn – will make you wince, particularly if you are of the male persuasion. The sheer variety and scope of imagination to be found in these tales is amazing. Overall though, Keisling’s novella The Final Reconciliation is my hands down favourite. He won me over by referencing some of my favourite bands (Slipknot, Ministry – via Uncle Al Jourgensen) and kept my interest going with his well-paced take on The King in Yellow. Revolving around a band, The Yellow Kings, its lead guitarist Aidan Cross recounts the tale of how their first—and only—album, came to be and the deadly consequences of its first—and only—live performance. I loved this tale even though it ended on a note of inevitable doom and the knowledge that it is about to happen all over again. In Ugly Little Things, Todd Keisling has produced a great collection of stories to read as the season of mists and shadow takes hold.
These stories are dark. From the good old-fashioned creepiness of A Man In Your Garden, to the murderous madness of Karen in When Karen Met Her Mountain and the unsettling dolls in The Harbinger, in Ugly Little Things Todd Keisling brings you horror in all its many different and wonderful guises. Some are subtle, others – like The House of Nettle and Thorn – will make you wince, particularly if you are of the male persuasion. The sheer variety and scope of imagination to be found in these tales is amazing. Overall though, Keisling’s novella The Final Reconciliation is my hands down favourite. He won me over by referencing some of my favourite bands (Slipknot, Ministry – via Uncle Al Jourgensen) and kept my interest going with his well-paced take on The King in Yellow. Revolving around a band, The Yellow Kings, its lead guitarist Aidan Cross recounts the tale of how their first—and only—album, came to be and the deadly consequences of its first—and only—live performance. I loved this tale even though it ended on a note of inevitable doom and the knowledge that it is about to happen all over again. In Ugly Little Things, Todd Keisling has produced a great collection of stories to read as the season of mists and shadow takes hold.