Weirdly 2: Eldritch
Weirdly: A Collection of Strange Tales, vol. 2 by Various
From paranormal to weird, from chilling to odd to scary, Weirdly Volume 2: Eldritch will sate your lust for strangeness in bite-sized pieces. Each tale weaves its own spell. Vampires, beasts, ghosts, evil creatures and, of course, every day people inhabit Weirdly's pages.
Soldiers must reach their destination before the undead get to them first... What does the picture on the wall mean to Jen? Fate holds something in store for Lewis--but is it what he wants? Lillie embarks on another quest... Is the young man who sees and hears fluffy beings insane? An old letter urges a young woman to the train station--but is the train that puffs into view real? All these tales and more. Dare you read them?
Featuring:
Award winning USA Today author C. T. Adams
Leatherpie film's Michael Kay
and
Daniel Russell HWA author of Shutterbug and Samhane
Genre: Horror/Paranormal Book Length: Novel Price: $5.95
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I am also the creator of 'Samhane', a full length novel, available later in the year, as well as the epic 'The Collector' and the recently completed 'Mother's Boys', which are currently in hibernation, awaiting edits.
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SHUTTERBUG
Several years after visiting Harry Beacon's Photography Studio and going through a terrifying experience, Jess Stevenson's life is finally working out. With her loving boyfriend, a fun housemate and her father's mental health under control, she can finally forget about the past and move on with her life. Harry Beacon has been jailed for his crime...
The new terrors start with a photograph.
Someone wants to make Jess relive the horror of her childhood all over again. As the photographs get more obscene and the nightmares intensify, Jess feels that she's losing her mind, because Harry Beacon is still in prison...isn't he?
COCKTAIL REVIEWS
Jess Stevenson is more than unhappy to be having her photograph taken. Aged sixteen, she isn’t into wearing frilly dresses anymore, but her mother, Georgina, insists she does. A trip to the Harry Beacon Photography Studio is set to change Jess’ life forever…
Georgina discovers just what went on in the studio and, without telling anyone of her plans she vows to wreak revenge on Mr. Beacon with drastic results.
Jess and her father pick up the scattered pieces of their life and along with mourning Georgina, they try as best they can to find normalcy. Things are set to change, however, when photographs of Jess start being delivered to her flat.
Who is sending these photos? The case regarding Georgina and Harry Beacon made big news. Has some deranged member of the public decided to play games with Jess?
With twists and turns that will have your butt glued to your seat and your eyes riveted on the page, Shutterbug is a must read for all horror enthusiasts. I enjoyed this tale a great deal, and will look for more of Daniel I. Russell’s work.
Great visuals, superb delivery, this is one read you don’t want to miss out on!
Favourite image:
He held his other hand to his throat, trying to keep it closed.
Shudder!
Favourite line:
Skittering pictures meandered through her mind, racing off each time she tried to grasp one and hold it down.
Rating 5/5
EURO REVIEWS
Shutterbug is a story with a high suspense factor. Daniel I. Russell knows how to get the reader's attention. As soon as you start reading, you are inside the story, feeling sorry for the main character. Sometimes I felt like screaming to her “hey girl, start protecting yourself!â€. In the end though, she proves herself to be strong. The ending of this story is very surprising in another way too! You’ll enjoy it.
Rating 4/5 - Great!
A visit to a photographic studio results in more than an album of endearing snapshots for Jess Stevenson. Instead of a decorative memento, she leaves scarred by haunting images of the horror that occurred.
Daniel Russell’s story leaves a similar lasting impression that hangs in the readers mind to develop, making sure you’ll never look at a photographer the same again.
Now say, cheese.
Shaun Jeffrey, author of Evilution and Voyeurs of Death
Every once in a while you stumble on a book that just kind of punches you in the face and then smears fecal matter on you, just to make sure you feel dirty after getting beat up. This is totally that book. Like it isn't brutal enough that the book starts out with a young lady who is going to get her pictures taken, being molested by a pedophile--the guy then has to butcher her mother when she goes to confront him?
Then pile on top of that, that after years of therapy and some serious psychological issues, the psycho seems to have returned to terrorize her some more. The problem is, the killer should still be in prison, and that is where the book gets interesting.
At its heart this is a mystery, all be it a particularly nasty one. As the woman struggles to gain closure to her ordeal in the midst of trying to find out who is terrorizing her, we are treated to some seriously messed up self-examination, and some even more messed up murders and psychological torture.
It is just well-played out, and quite well-thought out, and though sometimes the plot was a little telegraphed, overall this one kept me on the edge of my seat (well at least hunched over my monitor). This is a great read, and another stand out from Wild Child Publishing (www.wildchildpublishing.com).
Gabriel Llanas - The Dred Bookshelf, Vault of Punk Horror
What starts out as a visit to a reclusive professional photographer believed to be worthy of capturing the essence of an attractive, innocent fifteen year old girl quickly turns into a nightmare with a click and a whir of the camera. It is a nightmare that sets off a chain reaction of terror six years later when what has been forgotten and shelved into distant memory returns with a startling and brutal vengeance. No one is safe when the Shutterbug gets under your skin.
This story deceptively pulls the reader into not only a sleeping nightmare, but a waking one as well. As a young adult of twenty-one, newly graduated Jess Stevenson, both the story’s main victim and heroine, is ceaselessly taunted by a horrific tragedy she endured six years earlier. Though her assailant is jailed, disturbing events related to that long ago tragedy begin to occur, yet Jess alone is convinced of the correlation. When she discovers her best friend dead and stuffed inside a moving box and then her wheelchair-bound father mysteriously missing from his home, Jess must face her fears and revisit the now long abandoned and dilapidated photography studio where it all began.
Do keep in mind that Daniel Russell is an English author, and as such some words he uses in the story may appear misspelled or unfamiliar to American readers. Likewise, certain of his characters’ behaviors may seem odd to American readers. Having said that, the last twenty pages are a heart-pounding rollercoaster ride of suspense the likes of which I have rarely had the privilege of experiencing. The beginning chapters of the story do a fine job of introducing the characters and setting the scene of events to come. There were a few spelling errors and words left out towards the middle of the story, though they were minor enough that a speed reader could easily overlook them. Also, the writing towards the middle seemed rather rigid to the point that I started to lose interest, though only mildly. If more attention were paid to this area, I do believe Shutterbug could be compared to some of the top authors in the genre.
Shutterbug – reviewed by Dave Rex at Word Weavers
With Shutterbug, Daniel I Russell creates a villain that is terrifyingly realistic. The fear he creates in this novella is disturbing because it could happen to you or someone you love. It's a parent's worst nightmare. I can't wait to read Russell's next novel.
R. Scott McCoy
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Necrotic Tissue
Daniel I. Russell was born near Liverpool in 1980. He has been featured in the horror anthologies Hold That Thought, Bleed My Heart Romantic, From the Asylum, Goremet Cuisine and Decimate, with many other magazine and ezine appearances such as Afterburn SF and Necrotic Tissue. His novella, Shutterbug, and novel Samhane, will be available in 2007 from Wild Child Publishing. Daniel lives in Ormskirk, England with his girlfriend.
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