Voices

Black Shuck Shadows #17

by Kit Power

A series of micro-collections featuring a selection of peculiar tales from the best in horror and speculative fiction.From Black Shuck Books and Kit Power comes Voices, the seventeenth in the Black Shuck SHADOWS series.

Genres: Horror

126 pages, Paperback

Published April 27, 2020

Reviews

[Antonietta (Annie) Della Pietra · Rating 5 out of 5]

If there’s one thing that can be said about Kit’s writing, it’s that it forces you to connect and feel. You have no choice but to face emotions that you would usually try to disregard, and these short stories demand to be understood in a way that’s only possible through opening yourself up. This book commands you to be vulnerable and each story plays its own role in maintaining that vulnerability, with waves of relief, peace and slight sorrow hitting you on the last page. This took me on a journey, and no matter how emotional that journey was, I didn’t want it to end. A truly amazing book that I’d highly recommend.

[Happy Goat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Full review at Happy Goat Horror:
https://happygoathorror.com/2022/08/2...

Kit Power is a master story-teller and this short story collection from the excellent 'Shadows' series by Black Shuck Books is no exception. Every story is awesome - an absolute must if you enjoy short story collections.

[Stephen Theaker · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eight short stories, all unremarkable, often involving the death of women and girls or threats of violence towards them. I didn't enjoy this at all, but at least it was short. The closest that came to being a favourite was "Like a Charm", about a police officer who gets a lucky charm that works. "All Loving, All Knowing" describes a man murdering his wife and child, and then tries to argue that dying so horribly was actually good for them. There's a story about what happens after you die, an in-depth description of a poker game, and a man seeing the ghost of the woman he loves when she dies. Not recommended unless you're trying to read the whole series, although I'll admit that my response to them might have been affected by having read so many short story submissions along the same lines, and this won't be the case for most readers.