Review | Midnight In The Graveyard edited by Kenneth W. Cain

Anthologies can be hit or miss for the most part but I like reading them as I can discover new authors. I’m pleased with how much I enjoyed MIDNIGHT IN THE GRAVEYARD! It contains 25 horror stories featuring ghosts in all shapes and forms, and the majority are compelling and memorable. Even the introduction, written by Jonathan Janz. is entertainingly enticing.

𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓, 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅. 𝑰 𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒆𝒍𝒍, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝑰’𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒚.

Here are my picks of the bunch:

𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐥’𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐩 by Shannon Felton – journey down a haunted road leads to a scary aftermath
𝐃𝐨𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 by Kenneth W. Cain – a suspenseful epistolary tale of wild dogs
𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 by Jason Parent – a gory Halloween terror of teens stuck in a haunted house
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐥𝐬 by Kenneth McKinley – a tragic, disturbing story of sisterhood set at a radium factory
𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐧 by Allan Leverone – a journalist investigates a mysterious town with terrible consequences
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 by Thomas F. Monteleone – a brutal horror about war and man’s folly
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐮𝐭𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 by Alan M Clark – a beautiful Dickensian story of a reverse pickpocket
𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭 by Kealan Patrick Burke – an emotional, dark tale of desperation

There were a couple of stories that I felt were kind of forgettable but none that I disliked. This is truly an outstanding collection and I’m glad for the chance to read it. I took my time with the book, it was fun reading a new story every day! Highly recommended.

Thank you to the publisher for a digital review copy.

About the publisher: Silver Shamrock Publishing

Photo by Wendy Scofield