It's never too early (or late) for horror reads. While I'd wish to revisit the genre in film too, my October schedule unfortunately doesn't permit a special series of movie reviews this year. Life, uh, gets in the way.
And so I have to take a brief hiatus from here to focus on work, a fiction writing project, and hopefully, a few stories for Brimstone Tales. That said, I'll return near Samhain, hopefully with a list dedicated to the spooky season if nothing else. Till then!
Near the Bone (Christina Henry, 2021)
A strange cry shattered the still air. It wasn't quite a bear's roar, or a mountain lion's call, or an eagle's screech, but a nerve-shattering combination of all three, mixed with another sound—something almost, but not quite, human. Only then did Mattie realize that they'd heard no sounds since the call of the crows William had shooed away from the dead fox—that is nothing, except their own voices.
For as long as Mattie could remember, she had lived with William on the mountains together. He got angry at her often and everything was her fault, even the fearsome creature in the woods and the hunters that had come after it.
Near the Bone takes on a familiar narrative that is nevertheless well told with depth. The horror/thriller is essentially a story about monsters, though there's more than a kind. One terrorises in plain sight and the other, lurks in the shadows. Known and unknown, both prove horrifying.
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