Not a bad start. I don't get Samantha Hunt. But Meg Elison does a nice job with the protagonist's voice in "Guess", and sets an interesting context for the idea. Andrew Sullivan's little girl protagonist in "Grimalkin" is also immediately engaging, and the hidden tension between her and Grandma is understated and compelling.I'll remember very little of the stories that follow. However, most of the writing is at least competent, and the tales (even the duds) don't outstay their welcome. Stephen G...

This is a great anthology that introduced me to some new and upcoming writers and provided great content from established horror voices. I don't think there was one story that I didn't enjoy or appreciate, though I definitely have my favourites. My one minor complaint with the collection is that while the short format worked for most of the stories, there were others that I felt would have been more effective as longer works.My favourites include "Guess" by Meg Elison, which is a bit of cli-fi d...

Perfect for when your attention span doesn't last beyond a few pages.

What’s better than a book full of 40 fast moving horror stories that you can tell and read throughout the Halloween Season. Written by literary, horror and emerging writers, there’s a little of something spooky for everyone. I love reading a little bit everyday especially during spooky season. It creates the perfect atmosphere to get me in the Halloween Spirit.

A solid collection of brief horror stories, some of which shine more brightly than others. However, there are enough here that every horror fan should find at least a few to their tastes. Also, luckily, none of the stories are very long, so even if you don't like one it will soon be over.Personal favorites include:Corey Farrenkopf's "We've Been in Enough Places to Know" about an abandoned building and the mysterious creature in the basement."Jane Death Theory #13" by Iron Amilcar Scott is brief

This collection really was excellent; a varied assortment of chills from equally varied authors provided several hours of creepy delight. Modern and timely, many themes will likely remain relevant and horrific for years to come. A+!

You expect a glove in a melting snow mound. Three days later we realized it was a hand. - The Barrow Wight The human fang is unique in that we use it to bite not only one another but ourselves. - Joy, and Other Poisons There’s plenty of ways to manipulate the man you love, and most of them you learn by watching. - Carbon FootprintSo, really, what are the sources of nightmares, small or large? Well, the big ones are fairly obvious, war, plague, violence against one’s person, violence against one

Do tiny nightmares, once introduced to us, stay tiny? Or do they latch on and gain strength, until we are the ones small and afraid, unable to protect ourselves from what lies in the dark? Tiny Nightmares gives authors the chance to terrify in 1500 words or less over a variety of subjects; from the fantastically supernatural to the depressingly here and now, and everything muddled between and around. I found myself surrounded by these tiny nightmares; some whispering over my shoulder, some diggi...

This is a mixed bag of Halloween goodies: plenty of Snickers and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, but there are also more than a few Smarties, and whatever that weird crap is that comes wrapped in orange and black paper.The rule that applies to most flash fiction goes double for horror - most of the tales are just too short to get really invested in them: you don't care about the characters, and suspense takes a while to build - it doesn't happen in less than two pages. But, if time (and the candy yo...

I feel like all anthologies are hit-or-miss, but this one has a frankly ungodly number of hits. Nearly every single story in here is terrific, which may be due to the flash length or just the right pairing of subject matter and writer? Who knows; what I do know is that these stories are spooky, scary, eerie, weird, strange... and terrific. Specifically loved SGJ's, Lena Valencia's, Samantha Hunt's, and a few others -- but everybody, fright-master or scaredy-cat, will find something to enjoy here...

Small stories that pack deceivingly large punches, this flash length anthology pulls together some of the best names in contemporary horror and weird fiction. I had high hopes for this one and it definitely did not disappoint. All the usual tropes are here - monsters known and unfamiliar, the terror of technology, horrors both physical and psychological - yet they are dressed up and served to us in new and unique ways. Good old ghosts stories? Check. Scary shit on space ships? Check. Creepy fair...

Tiny Nightmares, oohh how delightful you are! I'm pretty sure I've mentioned this in other reviews, but I am a sucker for a short story collection, they are truly a favorite of mine. This is an eerie collection of 43 bite size horror stories and they are the perfect treat!

Full disclosure - I have a story in this collection.Aside from that, this reads like a morning fever dream, tossing you about from nightmare to nightmare. When at last you drag yourself up from it, the world tastes a little metallic, and everything is just lightly askew.

SO MANY PICTURES!!TINY TINY FOR SPOOKTOBER!!!a couple years back, i read Tiny Crimes: Very Short Tales of Mystery and Murder, and i've decided to review this companion book in the same foolishly time-consuming way. lifting the intro from my tiny crimes review:part of the reason i don’t read a ton of short story collections is because the prospect of reviewing short story collections makes my soul quake. it’s like having to write 20 reviews instead of one. or in the case of this anthology, FORTY-...

For some reason, I have totally convinced myself that flash fiction is something both valuable and exciting. And yet, endlessly I am disappointed. Lots of stories here, all very short, a few, and really only a few, were very good , but I get the feeling that reading anthologies of flash fiction is a little like panning for gold. How many pans return so little before we get our reward. Two or three quality stories in what felt like a hundred not so good.

Very short horror novels. Some were pretty good, but most were just okay at best. I've been reading one or two of these a night for the past month. A good way to get to sleep.

Confession: I saw this book posted on social media in October 2020 and had to have an early copy for review. I had never worked with the publisher, Catapult, but I reached out and crossed my fingers.As soon as it arrived, I knew we would use it for Night Worms. The book design is compact & sexy. Flash fiction is something I love promoting to genre fans so I withheld review until after Night Worms successfully acquired and shipped TINY NIGHTMARES in a package.This book would perfectly function as...

Short, engrossing and insanely unrealistic situations without a hint of rational intention. I LOVED IT. Stories are divided between four parts - Heads, Hearts, Limbs and Viscera; not necessarily relative to the context.My favourites from each part are - Doggy Dog World, Afterlives, Cedar Grove Rose and Human milk for babies. I read these stories one or two at a time for a week. They aren’t that frightening, but definitely nightmare-ish!!

The thing about fear is that it can start small. Just one little sentence can plant a seed in your mind that grows and grows and before you know it, there it is on some dark night when you are home alone casting its shadow over every detail around you. I often don’t find horror stories or films particularly scary in the moment, but later on… The anthology Tiny Nightmares, edited by Lincoln Michel and Nadxieli Nieto, thrives on this and delivers 42 very short stories that are sure to dig their cl...

A quick, fun, October spooky read that is for anyone with a craving short horror tales.Lots of standouts in this collection, my favorites probably being the mud pits story, the bagged serial killer, and the dog story. I don't have a lot of issues with this because it's such a diverse range of stories and you'll get something crazy each time you turn the next page. It just depends if that story fits your vibe or it's something conceptually you'll dislike. But there's always a plus of being able t...