A review by amrap
The Door and Other Uncanny Tales by Dmetri Kakmi

5.0

This is a short story collection that was so chilling and creepy. It was ultimately satisfying and I enjoyed dipping in and out of the stories. I feel like each story was more horrific than the next. The first story The Door is almost half the book and had this sense of impending doom with a door that torments the main character Orestos. It was chilling and memorable. The Boy By the Gate was a ghost story that was macabre and atmospheric. In the Dark was so chilling in its sadism and depiction of the undercover world of predators in the suburbs. My favourite story of the collection was The Long Lonely Road with its twist ending. Light in Her Eyes was difficult to read, but also beautiful in its optimism. Haunting Matilda was the most horrific story of the collection and the one that I will find the hardest to push from my mind. Kakmi is a masterful writer and this short story collection was a joy and terror to read. The writing is so visceral and the stories are truly haunting.