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THESE KIDS WILL EAT YOUR SOUL.
I will admit to knowing very little about the premise of this book going in, someone had recommended it to me basically with a 'it has creepy ass kids' by line, so in my head I was just expecting some cannibal kiddies running amok in the woods or something.
Instead what I got, was actually quite a literary and masterful collection of short stories encompassing what a world would be like without morals or emotion. The little novella-esque tales here are all connecte ...more
I will admit to knowing very little about the premise of this book going in, someone had recommended it to me basically with a 'it has creepy ass kids' by line, so in my head I was just expecting some cannibal kiddies running amok in the woods or something.
Instead what I got, was actually quite a literary and masterful collection of short stories encompassing what a world would be like without morals or emotion. The little novella-esque tales here are all connecte ...more
This was a very strange but super enjoyable book. A must-read for all horror buffs!
Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone is broken into chapters focused around a group of kids that live in the town of Hemmersmoor. Each chapter provides a little more insight into the make-up of the town as well as the deranged things that all its inhabitants take part in. Murder, torture, rape, and even cannibalism seem to be daily occurrences within this small messed up town so it's no wonder that its ch ...more
Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone is broken into chapters focused around a group of kids that live in the town of Hemmersmoor. Each chapter provides a little more insight into the make-up of the town as well as the deranged things that all its inhabitants take part in. Murder, torture, rape, and even cannibalism seem to be daily occurrences within this small messed up town so it's no wonder that its ch ...more
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