Chill

By Terri Pine, Peter Lee, and Andrew Muller
BeWrite 1-904224-08-3
$15.44
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"Chill" is an interesting collection of short stories peppered with bites of poetry. Pine, Lee, and Muller dominate this collection, but there are a few other writers who pop in, kind of like a commercial interruption, but in no way breaking away from the horror.

Like all short story collections, this one has a theme. When I first saw "Chill", I thought it was going to be about ice, cold, snow: you know. Jesus, the cover itself looks cold, what else am I supposed to think. But I discovered that the word Chill was a metaphor of sorts. This collection intends to chill you to the bone, but I found it filled my heart with dread and horror.

Also, like all short story collections, there are hits and misses. Fortunately, there are more hits, and they hit hard.

To name a few:

A woman stops on a deserted motorway and becomes the supernatural/biological victim of a "Road Rage."

A couple is terrorized by a sex-mail-order-catalog company and falls into their "Final Demand."

People start dropping dead around a man in "Losing It."

In 1876, two explorers are discovered by the "Tribe of Bones."

The best stories are cruel and intense. There is not a lot of gore, but the violence is potent. The most important accomplishment is the style and where these stories come from: this is pure English horror storytelling. Extreme normalcy breaks in right away only to have the dread bubble in ever so slightly until it pops in your face.

Mmmmmmm. Tasty!

Review by Mike Purfield

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