Colors of Death: Fifteen Tales of Horror

by Rona Vaselaar

Humanity has long been fascinated by its darkest hours, secretly thrilled with terror and death, musing endlessly over visions of supernatural horrors lurking in dark corners. This book follows our impulses into the shadows of the mind and what lies beyond it, tracing through death and, sometimes, even further.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Fiction

158 pages, Paperback

Published October 26, 2015

Reviews

[flashbic · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a quick read, and i'm glad i was given the opportunity to pick it up. Wouldn't say the stories particularly scared me, but i'm not holding that against the book because it had different strengths which i appreciated.

Colors of Death is of the brand of horror that uses tragedy as its focal point; you won't really find spooky ghosts or blood by the bucket here. It's a genre Vaselaar uses well though! Given that most of the stories are fairly short (the last one is a bit longer), you don't exactly get a lot of deep character development, but overall the characters that were they were well written and the style used was pleasant to read. Managing to write touching, compelling moments in stories that are only a few pages long is a feat, so kudos for that!

[Booklover · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great collection! My favourite stories are "Coming Home For Dinner", "No One Drowns in Silver Lake", "The Ice King and His Princess", and "Don't Bring Us Back". I look forward to reading more by this talented author.

The following stories are included:
1. Coming Home For Dinner
2. The Beijing Subway
3. The Judge
4. My Older Sister
5. To Phillip: An Apology
6. Tales from Your Local, Small-Town Library
7. No One Drowns in Silver Lake
8. All in a Day's Work
9. Sissy's Eyes
10. The Ice King and His Princess
11. My Encounters with Those People
12. Don't Bring Us Back
13. An Unconventional Adoption
14. Annie, Queen of the Pigs
15. Homemade Pumpkin Pie

[Raina Singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really easy reading. Due to shorter length in of the stories, there was only so much character development that you could have, and some stories were quite cheesy. However, it got me back into reading and chewed through time pretty quickly. Happy. :)

[Noelle Brake · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. Rona is a mistress of storytelling and surprise endings. I would love to see more of her stories adapted for audio!

[Jacinta · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't normally read horror, but I've read some of Rona Vaselaar's short stories before, and she's a brilliant writer.
Colors of Death is a collection of her short stories. Beautifully written, and each one playing on the fears of our mind.
It was incredibly easy to read and I'm excited to read more from this author

[Justin Benoit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good horror novel from nosleep author Rona Vaselaar

Most of the stories are good except for a few that I skipped. The last two though were exceptionally written.

[Aaron Yang · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! It talks about rural life in Minnesota, which makes me want to visit that store so bad, especially Adrian, MN. I also have an autographed copy of the book, signed by the author.

[Sammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book. The stories were short but thrilling.