Fireside Stories: Halloween Special

By: Essel Pratt, Amanda M. Lyons, Jim Goforth, Toneye Eyenot, Mark Woods, Michael Noe, catt dahman, Kitty Kane, Roma Gray, Michael Fisher

Narrated by: Terry F. Self

The Halloween Horror Lives On….

For the month of October 2017, J. Ellington Ashton Press, on their Wicked Little Things blog-talk radio, broadcasted a series of Halloween stories. These “Fireside Stories” (as they were called) were a big hit with the listeners, and the decision was quickly made to publish these tales of terror in an anthology.

Written by some of JEA’s most terrifying authors - Catt Dahman, Jim Goforth, Mark Woods, Michael Noe, Essel Pratt, Amanda M. Lyons, Michael Fisher, Toneye Eyenot, Kitty Kane, and Roma Gray - these stories will send a shiver up your spine and remind you what Halloween is all about.

©2017 J. Ellington Ashton Press Authors (P)2017 J. Ellington Ashton Press

chillingworth

Boo! i really enjoyed this Halloween thrill. The stories are surprising and the narrator entertaining. good read.

Good Scary Stories

These stories are good for Halloween or camping. Usually short, usually scary or creepy. Some are better than others. Roma Gray’s are the best. The narrator was a perfect choice.

Overall fun and creepy stories

Like when any anthology, there are stories that are better than others. But overall I liked the tone of these and most were fun. There are a few that just seemingly end, with no resolution, which in my opinion is lazy writing. If you can't finish the story, don't write the story. Most are good though, and definitely get you in the Halloween spirit!

Great read

I really had fun listening to the stories!
They all showed a different perspective, a talented group of authors.

Some bite sized morsels to suck on!

Fireside Stories: Halloween Special is a fantastic collection of some short bits of terror from some great authors. I must admit, I am ignorant of most ofthem, but I have recently become a huge fan of Roma Gray (Check Out Jurassic Jackaroo or Blue Bell), and Essel Scott (of the amazing Sharkrantula). That alone makes it worth everything, but the other authors carry their own weight and really bring the Halloween spirit to life. The book is a collection of tales, some old, some new, but they were all new to me.

It starts of with a nice little hunerous poetic piece about a were-vampire, and then transitions to a man chased by the? Shadow of death. Then we get the Pumpkin Man!! Each story is worthy of standing on its own, but being tied to these others makes you feel as if you just sat through a monster movie marathon (sorry that's my childhood coming back to haunt me, horror movies were "Monster Movies"). Each one carries a punch like Mike Tyson and Mohammed Ali were pummeling you, but its a good kind of beating. I really enjoyed this, and Terry Self is great yet again. He conveys the growing horror and suspense with only his voice, and makes you ready to jump out of your seat. My line of work makesit practically impossible to creep me out or put me on edge, but Fireside Stories comes freaking close to doing so!

Happy Halloween!!!