Anthologies are a love/hate issue with me. I love exploring an unknown author's works and finding new obsessions but I hate how brief some of the stories are and how I'm left wanting more. This is not a problem with Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the Road.This is an amazing collection of stories each with its own unique voice and feel and no two stories are alike. It's a roller-coaster of a read with lots of cool tales and very few duds.You can read Jennifer's full review at Horror DNA by cli...

Traveling long stretches of a dark highway it's easy to imagine the horrors lurking in the dark, some of them all too real. Drunk drivers, car crashes, vehicles flipping and sliding along the asphalt, glass breaking and sparks flying as metal meets road and the smell of gasoline perfumes the air. The black hidden world beyond the lane markers and past the guardrails is more ephemeral, the secrets hiding just past the road darker and wilder. In Lost Highways: Dark Fictions From the Road, D. Alexa...

With anthologies there are always stories you like better than others. Lost Highways was an exception- I enjoyed them all. Recommended for everyone who enjoys dark takes and dark highways.

When you've finished Lost Highways, you'll never look at a road trip the same way again.The stories in this anthology all have elements that were very relatable in their mundane simplicity that once or twice after I'd finished the book I'd find myself in my car, on the road or flicking on the car stereo and I'd have a momentary and uneasy flashback to a scene from one of the stories.The book opens with by  “Crossroads of Opportunity” by Doungjai Gam & Ed Kurtz which had an unsettling "Tales from...

I love all things cars with a passion some might find peculiar for a person who doesn’t drive and has never owned a vehicle with more than two wheels. Needless to say, this anthology intrigued and boy did it deliver. This is essentially a literary equivalent of a long ride on a strange road with the sun going down and you slowly realizing that you’re not quite sure where you are. Your GPS is on the fritz, the mobile phone can’t find a signal and the radio is emitting a particularly menacing stat...

4.5 for this very strong collection. There is a lot to love about the open road and a lot that is frightening about the highways and byways we travel along. Most of these stories encapsulate themes of isolation, paranoia, and claustrophobia; our truest fears coming to haunt us when we are at our lowest. Favorites include: "A Life That Is Not Mine," "Not From Detroit," "No Exit," "Jim's Meats," "Requital," "That Pilgrim's Hands Do Touch," "Outrunning The End," "Motel Nine," "Room 4 at the Haymake...

Read this review and more on my blog at [Roxie Writes].‘Lost Highways: Dark Fictions from the Road’ by Various Authors⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5Finished on September 21, 2018Read with Kindle Unlimited SubscriptionFREE with Kindle Unlimited | $3.99 on Kindle | $15.99 in PaperbackBOOK DESCRIPTION:It’s dangerous out there…on the road.The highways, byways and backroads of America are teeming day and night with regular folks. Moms and dads making long commutes. Teenagers headed to the beach. Bands on their way t...

Very rarely do you get an anthology with this many stories and not find a bad one in the bunch. There's always a weak story or two, or those that don't hold up to the others in the book. Not in this one! I can only imagine the stories that were rejected for this anthology, because from start to finish, every story was unique and great on its own. I really hope a second volume will be published in the future, but this will be a tough act to follow.

I’m a massive fan of the anthologies from Crystal Lake Publishing so I couldn’t wait to get my hands on their latest offering, Lost Highways : Dark Fictions from the Road!Lost Highways brings the reader on a haunting and disturbed road journey into fictional horror. Like Gutted, Beautiful Horror stories, Behold: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders – and C.H.U.D.L.I.V.E.S., each piece is well-written and selected.Best Read before embarking on a long, winding road trip.Crossroads of Oppo...

I’m going to write this up front. I am much less of a short story fan than novellas and novels. A lot of short stories stop just when I’m getting into the story. That being said, if a short story is written well then I will enjoy it. In this collection there are some stories that I really enjoyed. Then there were some where the style wasn’t for me or I wasn’t into the story. But I felt all of the stories were written well so I don’t want to knock the collection too much if some stories didn’t gr...

Are you planning one last road trip before Summer ends?  Then be sure to grab a copy of this book before you head out, as it contains 20(!) stories that are sure to entertain you while on the road.It is difficult to pick a favorite from this collection, though I will say that Bracken MacLeod's Backseat has stuck with me the hardest. (In the heat of summer, you will feel the bitter cold of this winter tale!)Other favorites include Joe R. Lansdale's Not from Detroit, Robert Ford's Mr. Hugsy, Lisa

Review: LOST HIGHWAYS, edited by D. Alexander Ward"Exceptional indeed" is a key phrase to describe this new Anthology of Speculative Horror from Crystal Lake Publishing. From the first page of editor D. Alexander Ward's fine introduction, throughout this outstanding collection, excellence reigns. Each story is an exquisite gem, and I say this with heartfelt emphasis. Each is also thought-provoking, and subtly terrifying. I submit, that even the stories here with positive endings (yes, there are

The premise is great. Using the road as a backdrop for all kinds of creepy encounters and twisted tales. I found the selections diverse and well written. This collection is worth checking out.

This was a good anthology and had several very good stories. My review is posted here ---> https://wp.me/p5t5Tf-1E2

Another WONDERFUL collection of dark stories, from the superb Crystal Lake Publishing imprint. These tales of highways, byways and the deeply disturbing things that happen when travelling along them, truly surpasses any other collection on this theme that I have ever read.I don't like to do 'spoilers' in my reviews, and there are plenty of opportunities to research each story, before you read the book, if that's your kind of thing. Personally, I much prefer the step into the unknown that comes w...

Following on from Gutted, C.H.U.D. Lives and other anthologies from Crystal Lake comes Lost Highways. A bumper collection of 26 short stories with one thing in common the open road. With so many stories I was spoilt for choice, but some of my favourites were:Not From Detroit by Joe R Lansdale: An elderly couple are very much in love. This is a beautifully written story and so heart-warming. This story that love will conquer all even in the face of death. Jim’s Meats by Kelli Owen: A couple are o...

A solid anthology. I was quite impressed with the variety of tales with the "from the road" theme. My fave was Rachel Autumn Deering's "Dew Upon the Wing" - a grieving woman hits the road at night and meets The Gentleman. It's the right mix of smart dialogue, psychological war, and unsettlingly surreal.

I read a different anthology just a few weeks ago and was completely dissatisfied with every single story. Not bad writing, but a lack of unity and something within the stories to grab me, to make me feel something beyond the words. I went into Lost Highways more cautiously, not sure what to expect. I see a lot of well-known names in the anthology, I've enjoyed the publisher's other titles, and the unifying theme sounded interesting. Not to take away from the first two stories, but the third-by

I always enjoy themed anthologies. I love to see what different authors can do with the same general idea but spun in their own ways and directions. I was drawn to the theme of this anthology for various reasons. My dad is a retired trucker. First on oil fields, then over the road with their own truck. I went with on occasion and the road (and stops in-between) can be really weird sometimes. I also love to drive. Enough to know that those long, wind-y backroads are creepy and dark. They're also

Many themed horror anthologies trade off weak stories to have enough on topic. Lost Highways does not. The quality of each story is consistently high, making this a read from cover to cover anthology instead of something you pick up for a story or two. Although there are the expected hitchhikers and ghosts (and hitchhiker ghosts), there are some genuinely novel interpretations on the idea of highway and no trite tales. If you are a horror fan, this is well worth the read.