Welcome to the Descent
Into Darkness featuring demons, monsters and ghost. This time around I am
giving a great big shout out to four of the authors from the Descent Into
Darkness.
First we have R.L.
Blalock’s Mark of Perdition
Next up is Tony Urban’s
Baba
Then we have Max
Lockwood’ s Zombie Apocalypse
And the last one this
time is Patrick Logan’s Lock and Key
Let’s give a great
big shout out to these four author plus the other authors from Descent Into
Darkness as well! Welcome to The Avid Reader guys!
Descent Into Darkness by Tony Urban,
Patrick
Logan, Shayne
Rutherford, G M Sherwin,
Cindy
Carroll, Max Lockwood,
Delia Rai,
E.E.
Isherwood, R.L. Blalock,
Steve
Vernon, Sylvester
Barzey, Paul B.
Kohler, Amanda
Luzzader, David J.
Schmidt, Rachel
McClellan, C. A.
Verstraete, Joe Jackson,
Brian
J.W. Lee
Blurb:
What keeps you awake at night?
Murder and monsters...
Demons and forces of evil...
Ghosts and urban legends...
Dive into the darkness with twenty tales of terror that will
keep you awake long after the lights go out.
A horror anthology featuring featuring several best-selling
and award-winning authors from around the globe, "Descent into
Darkness" contains a variety of terrifying short stories and novellas.
Baba by Tony Urban
Blood Note by
Sylvester Barzey
Nail Gun Glissando by
Steve Vernon
The Evil in Devil’s
Creek by Paul B. Kohler
What’s Been Keeping
Me Awake by Amanda Luzzader
Mark of Perdition by
R. L. Blalock
The Sun Makes Me Turn
Purple by Gretta Penelope
Send in the Clowns by
David J. Schmidt
The Nine Lives of
Captain Osborne by E.E. Isherwood
They Want to Die, Let
‘em by L J Parker
Simon Says by Rachel
McClellan
The Door by Delia Rai
Thirteen Horses by
C.A. Verstraete
Zombie Apocalypse by
Max Lockwood
Fetch by Joe Jackson
Knock, Knock by Cindy
Carroll
His Model Son by Brian
J.W. Lee
Ascension by G M
Sherwin
Through a Dark Wood
by Shayne Rutherford
Lock and Key by
Patrick Logan
And now my reviews and a big shout out to these amazing
authors!
Mark of Perdition by R.L. Blalock
Reads like a full length novel. You don't feel cheated. You
don't feel as if there are holes in the story. It keeps you hanging on wanting
to know what is going to happen next. Why is Cas going through all of this? Is
it all for real? Is she losing her mind? Is it all a nightmare real or imagined?
I feel what Cas feels in the heat of the moment. R.L. makes you feel just what
her characters are feeling and you get lost in the moment sort of to speak.
Sneak Peak:
The flow of the food over her taste buds brought back a
flood of memories. Her parents had always insisted that dinner be eaten at the
dining room table. It wasn’t until she had moved out on her own that she had
realized how much she enjoyed the family meals. Everyone would gather around
the table and her parents would inquire about school and their day. Usually the
conversation followed these mediocre happenings of the day. As ordinary and
uninteresting as these conversations were, it kept them connected.
Baba by Tony Urban
Three teenagers Phil, Kenny and Mo take off on a trip in the
mountains looking for a woman’s body that Phil witnessed being murder while on
a hunting trip with his father.
I really enjoyed reading this little short as it reminded me
of Stephen King’s story written as “The Body” but the movie was called “Stand
by Me”. I have seen where Tony’s stories have been compared to Stephen King
before in his series Life of the Dead. I can’t wait to read more of Tony’s work
as I do have all three of the Life of the Dead novels.
Sneak Peak:
“I asked my Grampa about this place last night.”
“You didn't tell him?” Phil asked and I could hear the alarm
in his voice.
“No. Of course not. I didn't tell him what you saw, just
asked if he knew anything about the mountain. Pop told me that when he was a
kid the carnival used to set up on the farm. And he said a couple girls went
missing and were later found dead.”
“Your grandfathers really old, right?” Phil asked.
“Seventy-five. Or six.”
“And this was when he was young?”
I nodded.
“So, there's a hundred-year-old killer gypsy out here?
That's what you're thinking?”
Zombie Apocalypse by Max Lockwood
Sergio and Carl are in the military. They were on deployment
when the zombie outbreak occurred. Sergio and Carl are staying with Carl’s
sister Pip when the zombies show up. Pip is having a home coming party for her
brother Carl. A friend of Pip’s Jennifer is at the party and Carl and Pip kind
of sort hit it off.
I love the world that the author created for the zombies and
all the characters too. I loved following along with Carl, Sergio, Pip and
Jennifer as they fought off the zombies.
Sneak Peak:
On his back, he crab walked toward the door as he kicked the
zombie back. He knew he was done for. Just as it was about to descend upon him,
Carl heard a whoosh of air as a long blade flew over his head and sliced
cleanly into the zombie’s neck.
The decaying head toppled onto the ground in front of him
and he nudged it away with his foot.
“What—” Carl panted, trying to make sense of what just
happened.
He spun around to see Jennifer holding some type of sword.
Lock and Key by Patrick Logan
Three guys Tony, Robbie and Charles break into a house while
the couple is at home and in bed. They get more than they bargain for upon
entering the home. Monsters under the bed, anyone? Or are the under the bed?
These three guys really cracked me up. They did some pretty dump
things if you ask me, that is, if they have plans to leave the people alive.
Reminded me of that tv show called Dumbest Criminals or something like that.
Sneak Peak:
“Fuck, let’s just get out of here,” Tony said, suddenly
struck by a strange sense of fear. “We’ve got the cash, and Charles is making a
fucking racket down there. Let’s just go before the cops come, Robbie. If my
parole—”
“Shut the fuck up, Tony!”
Tony’s eyes widened.
“Don’t use my name!” he hissed.
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