Back Roads Literary Review Scary Short Story Anthology - Fall 2026 - Couverture souple

Van Natta, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798991665377

Editeur : Back Roads Literary Review, 2026

Synopsis

There is a peculiar bargain between a horror writer and a horror reader. The fourteen

works by emerging authors within this edition of the Scary Story Anthology beckon us to

come closer. We know something terrible is waiting just beyond our vision, cloaked in

darkness, but we turn the page anyway.

That is the strange pleasure of horror. We can't look, but we do anyway.

Scary stories ask us to enter an unfamiliar, dark room, not knowing what's inside. A

monster beneath the bed? A ghost standing at the end of the hallway? Or is it just your

imagination? Which begs the question: Is the monster really just inside ourselves?

Fear rarely arrives screaming through the front door. It begins with footsteps on the floor

above when you know you are alone in the house. Or a painting hanging prominently on the

wall that's somehow slightly different each time you look at it. Or an unexpected knock at the

door.

A good horror story builds these small disturbances until readers begin adding their own

worst fears, annotating the story with their own particular details. A shadow can become a

creature. A silence can shout a warning. A locked door can become the most terrifying

thing in the world.

These stories are appropriate for young adult and older.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Back Roads Literary Review
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798991665377
• Reliure: Tapa blanda
• Nombre de pages: 180
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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