The Worthington

by E.M. Carroll

An online book by Emily Carroll that is about the people that live in a building. You have to click each door to open it to another room, filled with mysteries and surprises.

Genres: Horror, Comics, Short Stories, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Fantasy, Horror Thriller

6 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

E.M. Carroll was born in June 1983 in London, Ontario. They started making comics in 2010 and their horror comic "His Face All Red" went viral at Hallowe'en 2010.

Since then, E.M. has published several books, created comics for anthologies, and provided illustrations for other works. E.M. has won several awards, including an Ignatz and two Eisners. They are married to fellow Canadian artist, Kate Craig.

Emily's work now uses the initials E.M. Carroll. Visit their growing exhibits at EMCarroll.com.

Reviews

[karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

WELCOME TO DECEMBER PROJECT!

this explanation/intro will be posted before each day’s short story. scroll down to get to the story-review.

this is the SIXTH year of me doing a short story advent calendar as my december project. for those of you new to me or this endeavor, here’s the skinny: every day in december, i will be reading a short story that is 1) available free somewhere on internet, and 2) listed on goodreads as its own discrete entity. there will be links provided for those of you who like to read (or listen to) short stories for free, and also for those of you who have wildly overestimated how many books you can read in a year and are freaking out about not meeting your 2020 reading-challenge goals. i have been gathering links all year when tasty little tales have popped into my feed, but i will also accept additional suggestions, as long as they meet my aforementioned 1), 2) standards.

GR has deleted the pages for several of the stories i've read in previous years without warning, leaving me with a bunch of missing reviews and broken links, which makes me feel shitty. i have tried to restore the ones i could, but my to-do list is already a ball of nightmares, so that's still a work-in-progress. however, because i don't have a lot of time to waste, i'm not going to bother writing much in the way of reviews for these, in case GR decides to scrap 'em again.

i am doing my best.
merry merry.

DECEMBER 20: THE WORTHINGTON - EMILY CARROLL



it wouldn't be a short story advent calendar without an emily carroll story. now, you might say "THAT IS NOT A STORY, THAT IS...." and your accusation would stop short there, because you wouldn't quite know what to call it. is it a story, is it a game, is it an interactive story-game? I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT A DOCTOR. whatever it is, it's by emily carroll, and it wouldn't be a short story advent calendar without an emily carroll...and here we are again. this review is brought to you by the experience of reading The Worthington.

read it for free here

THE STORIES:

DECEMBER 1: NIGHT STAND - DANIEL WOODRELL
DECEMBER 2: MR. DEATH - ALIX HARROW
DECEMBER 3: THE FRUIT OF MY WOMAN - HAN KANG
DECEMBER 4: THE TINDER BOX - KATE ELLIOTT
DECEMBER 5: BABYCAKES - NEIL GAIMAN
DECEMBER 6: HIS MIDDLE NAME WAS NOT JESUS - NOVIOLET BULAWYO
DECEMBER 7: SING A SONG OF SIXPENCE - LILLI CARRÉ
DECEMBER 8: DARK TIDE - MARK LAWRENCE
DECEMBER 9: DARKER TIDE - MARK LAWRENCE
DECEMBER 10: BREAK - MISHELL BAKER
DECEMBER 11: A RUMOR OF ANGELS - DALE BAILEY
DECEMBER 12: THE ENGLISHMAN - DOUGLAS STUART
DECEMBER 13: IT CAME FROM CRUDEN FARM - MAX BARRY
DECEMBER 14: NO MOON AND FLAT CALM - ELIZABETH BEAR
DECEMBER 15: A STUDY IN SHADOWS - BENJAMIN PERCY
DECEMBER 16: ART APPRECIATION - FIONA MCFARLANE
DECEMBER 17: THE SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS - SILVIA MORENO-GARCIA
DECEMBER 18: WE HAVEN'T GOT THERE YET - HARRY TURTLEDOVE
DECEMBER 19: THE DUNE - STEPHEN KING
DECEMBER 21: SUNBLEACHED - NATHAN BALLINGRUD
DECEMBER 22: BLOOD DAUGHTER - MATTHEW LYONS
DECEMBER 23: THE LINE - AMOR TOWLES
DECEMBER 24: PIGEONS - NIBEDITA SEN
DECEMBER 25: WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED, WHAT WE WILL FORGET, WHAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO FORGET - EUGENE LIM
DECEMBER 26: ONE/ZERO - KATHLEEN ANN GOONAN
DECEMBER 27: MATINEE - ROBERT COOVER
DECEMBER 28: ACCESS - ANDY WEIR
DECEMBER 29: UNNECESSARY THINGS - TATYANA TOLSTAYA
DECEMBER 30: HOOK - DANIELLE MCLAUGHLIN
DECEMBER 31: HE'S VERY WELL READ - CATHERINE LACEY

previous years' advent calendars (what's left of 'em):

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

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[Dave Schaafsma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Happy Halloween. A series of very short shorts, just attempts to create the creepy, elegant atmosphere in The Worthington, a horror hotel. The cool thing is that when you open any door in this link

http://emcarroll.com/comics/worthington/

and you follow the lead of the digital images, you will get a little shiver. Not really stories in any conventional sense, just a series of images to unsettle you.

[Elena Salvatore · Rating 1 out of 5]

What an interesting premise
You are at Worthington Hotel and there are 6 doors that you can chose from. Behind each door is a creepy scene taking place. Once you've gone through, chose another door and so on.

Read it here:
http://www.emcarroll.com/comics/worth...


I really liked the thought behind this but there wasn't any real story taking place.
Even so, Emily Carroll's drawings are as haunting as ever.

[Kaethe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Carroll unnerves me, such that a very brief entertainment is plenty.

Happily, karen's 2021 advent calendar included this one. I'm going back over seven years worth at more-or-less random, because I seem to be too busy to read longer works in December, so why not take advantage of long nights with nothing else to do in January?

The link is posted in karen's review, which I can't be bothered to link to because I am not so proficient on my phone. Sorry, karen.

[Etienne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part of a collection of free very short stories on the author web site (emcarroll.com) that I will explore and review during the next few days. This one was all about creating an atmosphere very fast. I also like the little interactive side to it since it's online the author allows herself to use that media. I liked it!

[Sonia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Difícil de definir lo que acabo de leer, mezcla de cómic y adivinanzas con un tono macabro y juguetón al mismo tiempo. Raroraroraro


Se puede leer aqui
Al que he llegado gracias al December project de Karen

[Drew Canole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Super cool way of using the online comics medium in a unique way. Explore the hotel by selecting 6 different doors, each has a short creepy tale.

[Keith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anything by Emily Carroll is perfect for October. I’ve decided that we should extend the spookiness of Halloween to the entire month! The Worthington is a multimedia short story available on her website. It’s a quick read with beautiful artwork and an atmosphere that sent a chill down my spine. It is fun to see several characters that the author has used in her other work, such as her book When I Arrived at the Castle (2019).

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Title: The Worthington
Author(s): Emily Carroll
Year: 2018
Genre: Fiction - Short story: horror, dark fantasy
Date(s) read: 10/5/24
Book # 189 in 2024
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[h · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was spooky. I really enjoyed the concept; we're presented of a series of rooms (I'm guessing hotel rooms), and behind each is a different scene or story. It was an interesting concept with art just eerie enough to creep me out.

[on storygraph (macclown) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this little collection of poems, I think I'd love to read a longer version of this? Different hotel rooms with different stories within them. Some great, occasionally gory, horror too! The art was incredible for this one. Definitely a great one!

[Caitlyn G · Rating 4 out of 5]

very cool concept

[Anastasia · Rating 4 out of 5]

A creepy, fun way to start off my 2021! I hope Emily Carroll releases more titles soon, because I cannot wait to get my hands on more of her work.

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

…but as always, 5 stars for the conceit and the design.

[bucky · Rating 3 out of 5]

the cadence and rhythm of the rhymes was so off it made it difficult to read because i wanted it to be more poetic than it was.

[HannahBug · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really only liked 504 - it was the most coherent, I suppose? Everything else is little flashes I couldn't get into

Emetophobic safe ✔

[Stephanie (My Book Throne) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wonderfully creepy and atmospheric, too short though I wanted more!

[Elou Carroll · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the premise of this one. As always, creepy and quick to read.

Content warnings blood, gore, death, body horror.

[Meaghan · Rating 4 out of 5]

first read: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Fantaghirò · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very clever interactive comic format.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The illustrationssssss yesss

[Iskra Profil nije aktivan u ovo vreme. · Rating 5 out of 5]

4,5🌟