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I is for Ice
Imagine waking up surrounded by ice. Imagine finding yourself alone with a stranger who controls what you do and where you go. That is the reality for Peter.
He remembers nothing of his old life and nothing of the man named Faraday. All Peter has is questions, and he might not like the answers.
Short Story from Bestselling Author, Iain Rob Wright.
He remembers nothing of his old life and nothing of the man named Faraday. All Peter has is questions, and he might not like the answers.
Short Story from Bestselling Author, Iain Rob Wright.
- GenresHorror
25 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 28, 2015
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68 people want to read
About the author
Iain Rob Wright
181 books1,840 followersOne of Horror's most respected authors, Iain Rob Wright is the writer of more than forty books, many of them bestsellers. A previous Kindle All-Star and a mainstay in the horror charts, he is a prolific producer of unique and original stories. From his apocalyptic saga The Gates to his claustrophobic revenge thriller ASBO, Iain writes across a broad spectrum of sub genres, creating both beloved series and standalone titles.
With work available in several languages and in audio, Iain Rob Wright is one of the fastest rising stars in horror, but when not writing he is a dedicated family man. Father to Jack and Molly, and husband to Sally, he is often seen sharing his family memories with his fans on Facebook.
To get 6 of his books for free (no strings), just visit: www.iainrobwright.com
With work available in several languages and in audio, Iain Rob Wright is one of the fastest rising stars in horror, but when not writing he is a dedicated family man. Father to Jack and Molly, and husband to Sally, he is often seen sharing his family memories with his fans on Facebook.
To get 6 of his books for free (no strings), just visit: www.iainrobwright.com
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May 30, 2015
I enjoyed that story. Another great addition to the A-Z collection.
At one point I thought I had guessed the ending, I sort of came close, but then another twist through me off completely.
Definitely worth a look. Go read!
At one point I thought I had guessed the ending, I sort of came close, but then another twist through me off completely.
Definitely worth a look. Go read!
July 2, 2015
Review: I is for Ice (A-Z of Horror #9) by Iain Rob Wright Publication Date: 28th April 2015
Publisher: SalGad Publishing Group
ASIN: B00WUCO2Y6
Rating: 4*
Synopsis:
Imagine waking up surrounded by ice. Imagine finding yourself alone with a stranger who controls what you do and where you go. That is the reality for Peter. He remembers nothing of his old life and nothing of the man named Faraday. All Peter has is questions, and he might not like the answers.
Review:
These short stories in the A-Z of Horror are coming thick and fast now, each one as gruesome as the last. I enjoyed the human elements of this story and felt really sorry for Peter - how terrible it must be to not remember anything about yourself or your life, let alone being awoken after being frozen in ice.
The story built nicely as Peter remembered a few things and learned a few more. There was a good amount of suspense and the conclusion...well, you'll have to see for yourself!
Publisher: SalGad Publishing Group
ASIN: B00WUCO2Y6
Rating: 4*
Synopsis:
Imagine waking up surrounded by ice. Imagine finding yourself alone with a stranger who controls what you do and where you go. That is the reality for Peter. He remembers nothing of his old life and nothing of the man named Faraday. All Peter has is questions, and he might not like the answers.
Review:
These short stories in the A-Z of Horror are coming thick and fast now, each one as gruesome as the last. I enjoyed the human elements of this story and felt really sorry for Peter - how terrible it must be to not remember anything about yourself or your life, let alone being awoken after being frozen in ice.
The story built nicely as Peter remembered a few things and learned a few more. There was a good amount of suspense and the conclusion...well, you'll have to see for yourself!
June 18, 2015
This was my first story from Iain Rob Wright, and I must say I was impressed. This is a post apocalyptic horror tale which is short and not-so-sweet. I look forward to more from this author!
December 29, 2017
Iain Rob Wright continues his A-Z of Horror series with "I is for Ice," a tale that's more science fiction than horror and, unfortunately, more somewhat clunky expositional talk than anything else. The result, by Wright's standards is one of the weaker entries in the series.
For those who haven't read any ot the other stories in the A-Z of Horror series, Wright is working his way through the alphabet, regaling readers with stories representing a wide variety of horror sub-genres, each tale beginning with its own separate letter of the alphabet. Further, most of the stories revolve around one particular type of fear that plagues a lot of people. In “I Is for Ice,” the fear is one that’s gripped millions worldwide whenever there is a major disease outbreak. Namely, people fear catching some strange disease that’s going to rot out their innards. In the story, the disease is real, and the few scientists that are still alive are barricaded in secure facilities trying to find a cure.
Such is the world in which Peter, the story’s protagonist, awakens from a cryogenic sleep to find himself. He’s one of the scientists in a secure facility in Seattle and has been awoken by the only other living person in the place, Dr. Faraday, who needs Peter’s help in conducting further experiments and tests in hopes of finding a cure. Of course, when Dr. Faraday tells Peter that the outside world has descended into death, madness, and chaos, that’s pretty scary, but there’s more to the story, as Peter eventually finds out as he pieces his own memories together.
Author Wright combines a couple of horror genres here, the common post-apocalyptic doomsday disease scenario and one involving a handful of people in isolation who find out that things aren’t quite what they seem. I’m trying to be somewhat circumspect here and not give away too much, but Peter gradually regains his memory, whcih makes him realize that there’s more going on than what Dr. Faraday has revealed to him.
When a story like “I Is for Ice” works, it builds suspense and fear based on the character regaining his memories. Unfortunately, there’s too little of that present in this particular story. Peter seems to behave for most of the story as just what he is, a person trying to get fully awake after a long, long nap. That might be a logical plot development, but it’s not a very interesting one. Wright waits far too long to really ramp up the paranoia aspects of this story.
I think that the main problem in “I Is for Ice” is its rather short length. Some horror stories can be very effectively told in a few pages (there are several examples in the other tales from A-Z of Horror), but this one requires too much backstory. Wright elects to give readers pretty much all the backstory they need, by means of some long information dump explanations Faraday gives Peter, but that much explanatory material dilutes any real horror in the story. There’s a twist ending that requires the exposition to make it effective, but it comes at the expense of a lot of suspense along the way.
“I Is for Ice” is an example of a story that’s too complex for the amount of space the author devotes to it. The story clocks in at only 25 pages according to Amazon and really needed about twice that length to generate proper suspense and horror. It’s not a terrible story; the discussion of the end-of-the-world virus and its effects is interesting in a gruesome manner, but the story is nothing more than passable. Some of Wright’s stories generate a lot of heat; “I Is for Ice” will leave readers rather cool.
For those who haven't read any ot the other stories in the A-Z of Horror series, Wright is working his way through the alphabet, regaling readers with stories representing a wide variety of horror sub-genres, each tale beginning with its own separate letter of the alphabet. Further, most of the stories revolve around one particular type of fear that plagues a lot of people. In “I Is for Ice,” the fear is one that’s gripped millions worldwide whenever there is a major disease outbreak. Namely, people fear catching some strange disease that’s going to rot out their innards. In the story, the disease is real, and the few scientists that are still alive are barricaded in secure facilities trying to find a cure.
Such is the world in which Peter, the story’s protagonist, awakens from a cryogenic sleep to find himself. He’s one of the scientists in a secure facility in Seattle and has been awoken by the only other living person in the place, Dr. Faraday, who needs Peter’s help in conducting further experiments and tests in hopes of finding a cure. Of course, when Dr. Faraday tells Peter that the outside world has descended into death, madness, and chaos, that’s pretty scary, but there’s more to the story, as Peter eventually finds out as he pieces his own memories together.
Author Wright combines a couple of horror genres here, the common post-apocalyptic doomsday disease scenario and one involving a handful of people in isolation who find out that things aren’t quite what they seem. I’m trying to be somewhat circumspect here and not give away too much, but Peter gradually regains his memory, whcih makes him realize that there’s more going on than what Dr. Faraday has revealed to him.
When a story like “I Is for Ice” works, it builds suspense and fear based on the character regaining his memories. Unfortunately, there’s too little of that present in this particular story. Peter seems to behave for most of the story as just what he is, a person trying to get fully awake after a long, long nap. That might be a logical plot development, but it’s not a very interesting one. Wright waits far too long to really ramp up the paranoia aspects of this story.
I think that the main problem in “I Is for Ice” is its rather short length. Some horror stories can be very effectively told in a few pages (there are several examples in the other tales from A-Z of Horror), but this one requires too much backstory. Wright elects to give readers pretty much all the backstory they need, by means of some long information dump explanations Faraday gives Peter, but that much explanatory material dilutes any real horror in the story. There’s a twist ending that requires the exposition to make it effective, but it comes at the expense of a lot of suspense along the way.
“I Is for Ice” is an example of a story that’s too complex for the amount of space the author devotes to it. The story clocks in at only 25 pages according to Amazon and really needed about twice that length to generate proper suspense and horror. It’s not a terrible story; the discussion of the end-of-the-world virus and its effects is interesting in a gruesome manner, but the story is nothing more than passable. Some of Wright’s stories generate a lot of heat; “I Is for Ice” will leave readers rather cool.
July 7, 2023
I is for Ice (A-Z of Horror book 9) by Iain Rob Wright. This short post-apocalyptic horror story is about a young man named Peter. After having been awakened from Cryo sleep by Doctor Faraday and it is now 2056.
Peter has been informed that the last live BBC broadcast aired in 2042 informing everyone that there was a virus and they hoped that there would be a cure sometime soon.
Doctor Faraday should be re-named Dr. Death as he continues with his experiments in order to produce a cure for the virus.
Will there be light at the end of the tunnel or darkness for Peter only time will tell.
Peter has been informed that the last live BBC broadcast aired in 2042 informing everyone that there was a virus and they hoped that there would be a cure sometime soon.
Doctor Faraday should be re-named Dr. Death as he continues with his experiments in order to produce a cure for the virus.
Will there be light at the end of the tunnel or darkness for Peter only time will tell.
November 16, 2022
Again, not bad. End of the world with one scientist searching for a cure at all costs.
November 8, 2023
'I is for Ice' does a great job of creating suspense as the end of the world serves as a backdrop for isolating two people on the verge of extinction.
Once again, the author creates a steady increase of thrill by going through the story from Peter's point of view. He had just awoken from a cryosleep with no memory aside from his name. He's given the short history lesson of what had occurred with humanity during all those years he was asleep by the only other person in the facility - the doctor who woke him up. The steady revelations one after another create a gripping story concluded by a worrying open ending.
Once again, the author creates a steady increase of thrill by going through the story from Peter's point of view. He had just awoken from a cryosleep with no memory aside from his name. He's given the short history lesson of what had occurred with humanity during all those years he was asleep by the only other person in the facility - the doctor who woke him up. The steady revelations one after another create a gripping story concluded by a worrying open ending.
November 16, 2015
That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery."
~ Stephen King
The Final Flu has brought the world to it's knees, and one doctor remains in the Mettulus Institute for Advanced Science to work on a cure. Doctor Faraday.
It is the year 2056 when Peter is awoken after years of cryo-sleep by the good doctor Faraday, and he soon comes to realize that the HBsAG11 virus isn't the most dangerous thing in the lab with him.
The Final Flu has brought the world to it's knees, and one doctor remains in the Mettulus Institute for Advanced Science to work on a cure. Doctor Faraday.
It is the year 2056 when Peter is awoken after years of cryo-sleep by the good doctor Faraday, and he soon comes to realize that the HBsAG11 virus isn't the most dangerous thing in the lab with him.
May 21, 2015
Cliffhanger
This is a great start to a book. He should consider picking back up on this one. Their are so many directions this could go.
This is a great start to a book. He should consider picking back up on this one. Their are so many directions this could go.
November 15, 2015
Meah
Didn't like this one as much as the previous, I hope they aren't on a downwards swing, high hopes for J
Didn't like this one as much as the previous, I hope they aren't on a downwards swing, high hopes for J
December 2, 2015
Perfect
Brilliant work from IRW good story and the usual twist that keeps you coming back to read more of this authors work not to be missed
Brilliant work from IRW good story and the usual twist that keeps you coming back to read more of this authors work not to be missed
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