If Only Tonight We Could Sleep by Matthew R. Davis collects thirteen heartfelt and haunting horror tales, including the Australian Shadows Awards-recognised "This Impossible Gift" and "The Heart of the Mission", each illustrated with darkly beautiful images by Red Wallflower Photography.
Contents:
- Debutante
- The Deep Beneath
- The Bloody Rag
- Flights of Fractured Angels
- Maggots in the Eye of Love
- The Heart of the Mission
- Tea Beneath the Twilight Tree
- An Endless Echo in Every Empty Space
- Big Beats
- The Only Tale
- Ivy's First Kiss
- By the Light of a Drowning Sun
- This Impossible Gift
- Afterword
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[Of all the lessons my father taught me, the one I remember most clearly is this: it is every parent's worst nightmare to outlive their child - DEBUTANTE]***
(@ThingsInTheWell, 31 January 2020, 274 pages, ebook, copy from the author and voluntarily reviewed)
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I'd never heard of the author before he approached me. I love horror fiction, short stories and the blurb intrigued me so I decided to give it a shot. Good choice! I enjoyed every story on offer here. I usually find that every story collection has one or two weaker ones but these stories were all well written and engaging. The best stories were The Bloody Rag, Maggots in the Eye of Love, Big Beats, Ivy's First Kiss and The Impossible Gift. Each story is preceded by an illustration which perfectly fits the theme of each story. The illustrations are great and it's worth reading this book just to pore over the creepy pictures. This is an impressive collection of horror fiction and each story is different.