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The Middle of Nowhere
Welcome to The Middle of Nowhere! Behold twenty-eight horror tales set in rural America, featuring some of the very best short stories by up-and-coming masters of the macabre. Think farmland. Think long, desolate country roads. Think abandoned houses. What terrible things can happen when you are all alone in the middle of nowhere? Here is your chance to find out! From a creepy motel to a fishing trip gone awry, from out of the sky and to the bottom of a lake, this spine-chilling anthology has something to suit virtually every taste.
- GenresAnthologiesHorror
270 pages, Paperback
Published September 9, 2009
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Jessy Marie Roberts
41 books14 followersJessy Marie Roberts lives in a "haunted" house in Western Nebraska with her husband and their two dogs, Tucker and Snags. She grew up in Morgan Hill, California. Visit her online at jessymarieroberts.weebly.com.
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April 24, 2013
the spelling, formatting, grammar, and punctuation errors were very distracting. Normally I don't mind the occasional error, but whoever proofread this book should be fired. There were so many mistakes that it was distracting and annoying. The stories themselves were good, for the most part – some better than others. I would give it four stars but I'm taking off a whole star off because the errors were so annoying.
some of the stories are as follows: a little boy goes out into the night to get firewood and realizes that even home is not a safe place to be. A mad scientist encounters tiny shape shifters. A man is haunted by the ghost of a boy he let die many years ago when he too was a child.three security guards at an abandoned plant out near a cornfield encounter a monster. People go crazy at a bus depot. Crop circles appear in the field of a mental patient. A woman finds a way to elude her cannibalistic captors. A man discovers the secrets of a neighbor's missing wife. A young girl becomes obsessed with insects, much to the dismay of her mother – and things end badly. A men and his wife settle on land that used to be part of an Indian burial ground, and live to regret it. A 12-year-old boy encounter strange creatures in a mine shaft. Three teenagers find themselves battling unseen forces in the middle of the night. A man goes fishing with his companion, but not all is as it seems. I man and his pregnant wife encounter extreme strangeness on a dark road in the middle of the night. A boy learns how to hunt zombies. And more.
some of the stories are as follows: a little boy goes out into the night to get firewood and realizes that even home is not a safe place to be. A mad scientist encounters tiny shape shifters. A man is haunted by the ghost of a boy he let die many years ago when he too was a child.three security guards at an abandoned plant out near a cornfield encounter a monster. People go crazy at a bus depot. Crop circles appear in the field of a mental patient. A woman finds a way to elude her cannibalistic captors. A man discovers the secrets of a neighbor's missing wife. A young girl becomes obsessed with insects, much to the dismay of her mother – and things end badly. A men and his wife settle on land that used to be part of an Indian burial ground, and live to regret it. A 12-year-old boy encounter strange creatures in a mine shaft. Three teenagers find themselves battling unseen forces in the middle of the night. A man goes fishing with his companion, but not all is as it seems. I man and his pregnant wife encounter extreme strangeness on a dark road in the middle of the night. A boy learns how to hunt zombies. And more.
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March 23, 2012
I'm a fan of weird tales in the vein of H.P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith and especially like stories about encounters with the unknown in the most unexpected places. However, these stories aren't about alien horrors from other dimensions. They read more like old-fashioned ghost stories, very traditional in theme and presentation. And that's fine. There's nothing wrong with the classics. With 27 stories, most horror fans should find at least a few tales that appeal to them.
James Pratt, author of 'When Dead Gods Dream: A Collection of Lovecraftian Short Stories'
James Pratt, author of 'When Dead Gods Dream: A Collection of Lovecraftian Short Stories'
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