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The Rabbit Hole: Weird Stories
The Rabbit Hole Volume 5, Weird Stories: Just...Plain...Weird
Welcome to The Rabbit Hole. On our fifth excursion into the warren of the odd, 37 authors lead us down their own little burrows of strangeness: an army of penguins, music that cures, aliens that communicate through old cartoons, images of the future that save, unwanted visions of the now, and, oh yes, it is raining lawyers. All have one thing in common, they are just… plain… weird.
Weird can be funny, weird can be sad, weird can be thoughtful, weird can be mad, but the one thing in common is that weird shares experiences you have, thankfully, never had.
Just be careful: all little bunnies are not nice, but they are memorable.
Weird can be funny, weird can be sad, weird can be thoughtful, weird can be mad, but the one thing in common is that weird shares experiences you have, thankfully, never had.
Just be careful: all little bunnies are not nice, but they are memorable.
363 pages, Paperback
First published October 31, 2022
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April 17, 2023
I requested a copy of this anthology because the colorful cover caught my eye, and I’m a big Alice in Wonderland fan who never turns down a chance to explore a rabbit hole.Some of my favorites include:
“The Touch Stand”, by Lori M. Myers, which hits close to home as it reminds us all about things once taken for granted, which are no longer acceptable in a post-pandemic world.
“Don Quitamo”, by Joseph Carabis, which is a delightful tale of high adventure between father and son.
“James Thurber Saves the Day”, by Leslie Muzingo, which makes strong statements about censorship and classic stories in a very brief space.
“Future Shadows” by Lesley Bungay, which explores the ‘gift’ ot the ‘curse’ of premonitions, when there’s more to the choice of saving your sight than you would think.
“Definitely Dead”, by S.E.Reed, which proves that some recipes should not be improvised after trying to make a bad smelling tonic more pallateable.
“Sweet Summer Swimming”, by Alexis Cunningham, which puts a new twist on a relaxing day at the beach.
“The Blue Ghost”, by Taija Morgan, which is a delightfully frieghtening urban legend, very cool and very well executed.
This is a odd and different anthology, reminiscent of Weird Tales, and some of these stories are definitely weird. But the variety featured guarantees something for everyone, and you are sure to find stories here that will both entertain and amuse.
“The Touch Stand”, by Lori M. Myers, which hits close to home as it reminds us all about things once taken for granted, which are no longer acceptable in a post-pandemic world.
“Don Quitamo”, by Joseph Carabis, which is a delightful tale of high adventure between father and son.
“James Thurber Saves the Day”, by Leslie Muzingo, which makes strong statements about censorship and classic stories in a very brief space.
“Future Shadows” by Lesley Bungay, which explores the ‘gift’ ot the ‘curse’ of premonitions, when there’s more to the choice of saving your sight than you would think.
“Definitely Dead”, by S.E.Reed, which proves that some recipes should not be improvised after trying to make a bad smelling tonic more pallateable.
“Sweet Summer Swimming”, by Alexis Cunningham, which puts a new twist on a relaxing day at the beach.
“The Blue Ghost”, by Taija Morgan, which is a delightfully frieghtening urban legend, very cool and very well executed.
This is a odd and different anthology, reminiscent of Weird Tales, and some of these stories are definitely weird. But the variety featured guarantees something for everyone, and you are sure to find stories here that will both entertain and amuse.
January 11, 2023
If, like me, you spent high school in the company of the oddballs and creatives, you'll dig this extended buffet of tales best described as TWILIGHT ZONE cozy as opposed to slitting-your-eyeball disturbing.
My two faves are Carl E. Reed's "Cold Tickle" which lambastes the faux-streetwise Gen Z white trash set before veering into lovingly Lovecraft-ian sci-fi horror, and David M. Donachie's "The Gap," the story of a home improvement project that ultimately dooms all humanity. Which pretty much happened here when my father-in-law thought he could re-do the guest bath before Christmas.
In my "Countermagick," an excerpt from my unpublished British ballet novel, composer Constant Lambert whisks his lover off for a weekend in the country, only to find their fellow guests intent on drink, drugs, and battling Hitler with supernatural powers. Again, who among us hasn't been there?
My two faves are Carl E. Reed's "Cold Tickle" which lambastes the faux-streetwise Gen Z white trash set before veering into lovingly Lovecraft-ian sci-fi horror, and David M. Donachie's "The Gap," the story of a home improvement project that ultimately dooms all humanity. Which pretty much happened here when my father-in-law thought he could re-do the guest bath before Christmas.
In my "Countermagick," an excerpt from my unpublished British ballet novel, composer Constant Lambert whisks his lover off for a weekend in the country, only to find their fellow guests intent on drink, drugs, and battling Hitler with supernatural powers. Again, who among us hasn't been there?
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