Dark Screams: Volume One is a very good collection of stories by five very good writers and edited by Richard Chizmar and Brian James Freeman. The first was Weeds by Stephen King I gave 4 stars. The second was The Price You Pay by Kelley Armstrong I gave 3 1/2 stars. The third was Magic Eyes by Bill Pronzini my least favorite I gave 3 stars. Fourth was Murder in Chains by Simon Clark my favorite I gave it 4 1/2 stars. The fifth was The Watched by Ramsey Campbell I gave 4 stars. I'm not a real bi...

The Stephen King story was all sorts of fun and the Ramsey Campbell story was highly entertaining too.

I received this ebook from Netgalley for the reviewing purposes. For such an all star line up, this was a notably lackluster collection. Not bound thematically, the stories range from supernatural to psychological horror, primarily the latter and none of them really wow. The only author I've never read before was Armstrong, her traditional fantasy fare just isn't my thing, but her story was actually perfectly fantasy free, a very reality based tale of obsessions and friendship gone too far. This...

I very much enjoyed this eclectic mix of horror and suspense shorts edited by Brian James Freeman and Richard Chizmar. I will resist the urge to review the individual stories, but will say that each of these shorts had its own voice and each tale was enjoyable in its own way. Highly recommended for a quick read with good mix of authors and writing styles. I am looking forward to more volumes in this series.

"Murder in Chains" by Simon Clark was definitely my favorite story out of this collection. It's also my first time I read anything by him, so it left a great first impression.

I received an arc from Netgalley Dark Screams is a collection of short stories from various authors. One of those authors would be Stephen King, and he's one of my favorites. I tried my best not to be biased about the novel just because he wrote one of the short stories, and in the end, his story was not even my favorite of them all. There were 5 short stories, and 4 of them were really great short reads. The only bad one would be The Watched. I didn't enjoy it at all. Flat characters and borin

I have a severe love/hate relationship with anthologies. Unfortunately, I also have a severe weakness for horror thereby resulting in a trigger happy request thumb. Only one story in this book piqued my interest - Weeds, by Stephen King. Which, was published in 1976 for the first time and so is extremely well known and, well, old. Uncle Stevie himself played the role of Jordy in the Creepshow movie rendition. Fun little fact there for ya, since I have nothing really positive to say about the...

This anthology consists of short stories by Stephen King, Kelley Armstrong, Bill Pronzini, Simon Clark and Ramsey Campbell. How could a reader go wrong?The Stephen King story "Weeds" was part of the movie Creepshow. This is the one in which the King himself starred, where the meteor fell to earth in the man's backyard. In the movie, I thought the tale was hokey, but in the book I liked it more. We are privy to more of Jordy's inner thoughts, which makes it funnier, but at the same time, sadder.

Now Available!This review can also be found at Carole's Random Life.I received an advance reader edition of this book from Penguin Group via Net Galley for the purpose of providing an honest review.3 StarsAs with most anthologies, I felt that some of the stories were very good and some I wish I had skipped. I originally sat down to read a romance novel the night I read this book but I realized that I was not in the mood to read romance so I decided to start on this book of horror short stories i...

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.I think that saying sums up this little anthology of horror stories fairly well. It's not a big book, weighing in under a hundred pages, but it's ten pounds of darkness in a five pound bag. Okay, okay, I'm getting a little too crazy with the metaphors too early.Kicking off the fun is Stephen King, probably a guy who is as good at writing a short story as he is famous for writing his novels. "Weeds" may not be at the...

Thank you Cemetery Dance for giving me the opportunity to read this awesome anthology. I think horror lovers alike will enjoy reading this. Stephen King's Weeds was quirky and fun more than scary, but that's ok; it was enjoyable. The Watcher was weird and confusing, however, it did manage to keep my interest. Murder in Chains was pretty good. It really had me going but then the end kinda left it open and incomplete. Magic Eyes was well done. I really liked the diary style of writing and how the

Review of Dark Screams: Volume One by Brian James Freeman An admitted horror addict, I couldn’t wait for Dark Screams: Volume One to come out and thanks to NetGalley I didn’t have to wait all that long. I have a love/hate relationship with horror anthologies, and this one was no different for me. I really loved Weed’s by Stephen King and it was everything I have come to expect from his stories. The Price You Pay by Kelly Armstrong had a strong storyline and a satisfying ending, in my opinion. I

A nice collection of short stories that were very well narrated.Table of Contents"Weeds" by Stephen King Amazingly short for something written by King. It was a fairly pedestrian SF-horror story featuring an alien invasion. The main character was overdone, but it was fun. 3 stars"The Price You Pay" by Kelley Armstrong Dark & twisty with a satisfying, if creepy ending. Very well done! 4 stars"Magic Eyes" by Bill Pronzini I think I've read this before. I think of Pronzini as a mystery author. I...

Review copyDark Screams - Volume One is the first in a new series of mini-horror-anthologies from Hydra, the ebook imprint from Random House, focusing on science fiction, fantasy and horror.Richard Chizmar is the founder/editor and publisher/editor of Cemetery Dance magazine and Cemetery Dance Publications. Brian James Freeman is the managing editor of Cemetery Dance Publications. They are both well-respected horror writers in their own right.Dark Screams - Volume One begins with "Weeds, " by St...