Fear of the Dark
Fear of the Dark, by Mark Woods
Blurb:Sometimes it’s not the dark you should be afraid of…it’s what’s hiding in it.Whilst helping an old man sort through all the junk up in his attic, a young lad discovers a photo of his elderly neighbour taken many years before. Sitting him down, the old man begins the tale of the night that photograph was taken – the night, one Halloween, that he and five of his friends all sat down to tell each other scary stories with terrifying and tragic results.Fear of the Dark is a short, horror story which pack a punch and manages to pack so many different themes and places into relatively few pages. This is definitely one for fans of horror who fancy a quick read!I enjoyed the fact that this book is very British and uses loads of British lingo which you don't often see in books! My favourite story was definitely the first one, about the Grim Reaper; it wasn't particularly scary, but it was still really cool and it stuck with me after reading it. Another that stuck with me was 'Beneath the Skin', but for a totally different reason. It made me cringe whilst reading it and I actually felt sick. It was icky, but I guess if you're into that stuff it was great!Personally I felt like the bits about the Likely Lads had just been added in to weave the stories together and I didn't really feel like they were necessary. The short horror stories are the main attraction for this book and I felt it would have worked just as well as an anthology.Finally, that ending... I had to read it several times and flick back and forth to make sure I wasn't missing a page, but I loved it! Ending that make you wonder are the best!
Blurb:Sometimes it’s not the dark you should be afraid of…it’s what’s hiding in it.Whilst helping an old man sort through all the junk up in his attic, a young lad discovers a photo of his elderly neighbour taken many years before. Sitting him down, the old man begins the tale of the night that photograph was taken – the night, one Halloween, that he and five of his friends all sat down to tell each other scary stories with terrifying and tragic results.Fear of the Dark is a short, horror story which pack a punch and manages to pack so many different themes and places into relatively few pages. This is definitely one for fans of horror who fancy a quick read!I enjoyed the fact that this book is very British and uses loads of British lingo which you don't often see in books! My favourite story was definitely the first one, about the Grim Reaper; it wasn't particularly scary, but it was still really cool and it stuck with me after reading it. Another that stuck with me was 'Beneath the Skin', but for a totally different reason. It made me cringe whilst reading it and I actually felt sick. It was icky, but I guess if you're into that stuff it was great!Personally I felt like the bits about the Likely Lads had just been added in to weave the stories together and I didn't really feel like they were necessary. The short horror stories are the main attraction for this book and I felt it would have worked just as well as an anthology.Finally, that ending... I had to read it several times and flick back and forth to make sure I wasn't missing a page, but I loved it! Ending that make you wonder are the best!
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