A headless corpse dumped in a field leads to a terrifying insight into the future, a UFO investigator gets more than he bargained for when he tracks down an eyewitness, and bank robbers find something in a safe-deposit box they wish they hadn't.
Just three of the 13 Dark Tales, many inspired by macabre urban myths and sinister folklore, in this second collection by Michael R Martin.
Read them in the dark hours when they might call to mind a disturbing story you can't quite place or a strange shape glimpsed from the corner of your eye; things you dismissed as too fantastic to take seriously but left nagging doubts, nonetheless. Some of them may be true.
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[Conor Stirling rested his hands on the steering wheel and gazed across the ploughed field, to a bruised horizon frayed by ancient trees - DRUID'S WOOD]***
(Independently Published, 13 June 2019, 266 pages, ebook, copy from the author and voluntarily reviewed)
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I enjoyed every story in this impressive collection. That's rare. There are usually one or two duds in every collection of stories. That wasn't the case here and every story earned its place. The tales were entertaining and quite original most of the time. I wouldn't describe the stories are straight forward horror as most of them have a touch of mystery and suspense with some occult or gothic sensibilities thrown in. The stories are all very dialogue or monologue focussed and I would have liked to see something different. Also, the stories rely heavily on the reader reaching their own conclusions which didn't always work. Still, the stories were entertaining I just would have liked a bit more variety.
