A Graveyard of Horrors: Banshee Graveyard is a frightening story of monsters and murder

 

Banshee Graveyard

Dan Shrader

Static Books, 2024

ISBN-13: 979-8321975572

Ebook, 125 ppg.

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Leave it to a horrifying book like Banshee Graveyard by Dan Shrader to get me to throw my reading routine right out the window. Once I started reading this book, I couldn’t stop reading it! Holy shit. What a story!

 

Sure, at first, I was able to stop reading after a certain chapter, but once shit got real, that was when I started furiously turning the pages, wanting to find out what happens next.

 

And all I can say is, who knew that all it takes to get some people to step into a deathtrap was a local wild tale that the place was haunted.

 

Oh, sure it’s haunted – by murderers!

 

I appreciated how some background about the mysterious place is given in the story. I also could not believe how wild tales were created about a local place where tragic deaths were discovered.

 

The Banshee Graveyard is a location set in a town where a lot of people go missing. Some people know about how bad that area of the country is. Bad things happened there, and most of the locations in that area are best left avoided. The Banshee Graveyard is supposed to be the worst of them all – right along with the farm it’s located next to, the Banshee Farm.

 

But you know what happens when a place is notorious for danger. EVERYONE WANTS TO GO THERE! Everyone wants to find out just how bad it is, and which of the legends are true or not. They also want to prove just how Very Brave they are by going somewhere everybody says to stay away from, just so they can live to tell the tale. Especially if the place is rumored to be haunted.

 

But it’s the “living to tell the tale” that is not so easy for people who visit the graveyard. There are indeed some malevolent spirits there. Horrifying and evil spirits who show no mercy on anyone who dares to trespass on their stomping grounds.

 

Beware the dangers of the Banshee Graveyard! Those who go there may never come back.

 

And anyone who reads this book is in for one of the most scariest stories of their lives! Read this novel, if you dare!

 

Banshee Graveyard is a horrific and terrifying story about a dangerous graveyard hiding more than just the monsters that haunt them! With brutal scenes of murder, torture and mayhem, it’s a story that will leave lasting nightmares for anyone brave enough to read between these pages.

 

 

Five stars

 

 

 

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

When the Dead Don't Stay Dead: Stories to Take To Your Grave -- Mortuary Edition is a haunting collection of tales from the slab

 

 

Stories to Take To Your Grave – Mortuary Edition

By Multiple Authors

Undertaker Books, 2024

ASIN: ‎ B0CYQVHXVS

Ebook, 145 ppg.

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Some people are scared of funeral homes. Either they have a fear of being around dead bodies, have let too many scary stories get to them or they just have bad vibes when being in such a place.

 

When it comes to the anthology Stories to Take to Your Grave – Mortuary Edition, visitors to the funeral homes within the pages of this book have every right to be scared. Should you take the chance to read this book of stories, I should warn you: Be afraid. Be very afraid.

 

From stories of corpses coming to life (but without the zombie effects) to stories of shady visitors to the mortician performing his job, these stories will haunt you and have you cringing in terror.

 

I enjoyed reading the stories in this book. Here are some of my favorites, as well as some of the stories that I REALLY enjoyed reading:

 

"Smoking Kills"

"Souls 4 Sale"

"Quite A Scare"

 

The story “The Monster Maker” really hit home for me. Seriously, this was a story I could relate to on so many levels, mainly because the person with facial disfigurement who was bullied and ostracized by society echoed my own experiences as a person with burn scars on her face. This passage right here also really hit home for me, because I have had the exact same experience:

 

“I know how most normies react to terrible facial disfigurements, especially. They don't see the person underneath the scar, the torn flesh, the burns. They just see what's on the surface, and act like it goes all the way through to the soul.”

 

Yes, it’s shallow and stupid, but it’s true. Thank goodness I am not a “normie” because then I’d miss out on knowing some pretty amazing people, which I have had the pleasure of when meeting people with facial disfigurements who I was thankfully able to know better. I am grateful to my husband for being one of those people who sees past my facial scars, too!

 

But, anyway! Back to my review of this book. Well, this story. It was triggering, y’all. There is a character in it who was tortured severely before she died. It was heartbreaking to read. It also triggered some unpleasant memories of abuse from my past. So, be warned: This story requires a reader with thick skin!

 

I also really liked “The Night Hearse.” It was so creepy! At first, it was a little silly, but as things happened, it started to get spooky. Then it got creepy. The ending of that story blew me away! It was totally unexpected. Really chilling and really morbid. It was brilliant!

 

Stories to Take To Your Grave – Mortuary Edition is a collection of stories taking readers where many fear to tread. For some, their fears of funeral homes, mortuaries and crematories are justified, especially in this book where many of the worst fears become horrible realities.

 

 

Five stars

 

 

 

Disclaimer: I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Finding Comfort in Times of Pain and Lack of Sleep: Perturbations is a touching collection of poems about turning to nature to heal from grief and relieve insomnia

 

 

Perturbations

Sam Calhoun

Alien Buddha Press, 2025

ISBN-13: 979-8302237866

Ebook, 39 ppg.

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While adjusting to our grief, we look for things that provide comfort and guidance. We turn to things that help us to heal from our pain and find our way in the dark. As the poems show in the new collection Perturbations by Sam Calhoun, nature is what he has turned to in his time of grief.

 

Through his connection with nature, he finds solace, understanding and peace. It is in nature where he is better able to express his pain and his need for connection with others.

 

As he writes on page 23:

 

“Speak to me

like the trees

do not believe

in love anymore”

 

It is where he calls for open, honest dialogue with those closest to him.

 

When we are struggling with grief, we tend to relate to things outside of ourselves in a different way. Our pain brings us to another perspective and we see things differently. That is what happens here with these poems. (Example: "Smoke climbs/like rose branches,/thermals through bones/bare of the world").

 

This short collection of poetry provided a huge impact for this reader. Filled with poems containing imagery and metaphor, these almost lyrical verses swept me away to a calmer state of nature that offered hope and comfort. It’s certainly a sweet collection of poems I enjoyed reading, and one in which I shall turn to again in trying times. 

 

Five stars.

 

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book as part of my digital subscription with the publisher.