With a dedication to Edgar Allen Poe, The Vengeful Dead knocks politely on the door of classic horror, but once open a fraction, it comes bursting in and wipes its muddy hobnails in places you wish it wouldn’t. You’ll need full sunlight and a stiff drink for this one There are eleven stories in this …
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The Undertaker’s Daughter by John James Minster
A monster story Mary Shelly would be proud of. The Undertaker’s Daughter is a chilling horror novel that follows the story of Anna Dingel, a socially awkward teenager who is raised in a family funeral home. The author does an excellent job of setting the right atmosphere from the beginning and keeps the tension high …
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Humanity @ 13% – Chapter One (six of six)
‘I feel sick,’ Rosie said. ‘And it hurts when I breathe. What’s wrong with me?’ ‘You’ve been diagnosed with Chronic Pulmonary Obstructive Disease.’ ‘What’s that?’ ‘It doesn’t matter because that’s not what you have.’ ‘It isn’t?’ ‘No, the doctors believe that your respiratory system has had a severe reaction to the nitrogen oxides in the …
Monsters
I love monsters. Street art in Berlin They are everything you fear and all that you hate, poured into vile-veined bodies, with skin and bone and tentacle. With slavering jaws, salacious with drool, and gouging, defiling claws. Put your pent up angst into a judiciously described creature, and you have a monster on your hands. …
Existential Alien Horror
It’s not as bad as it seems Photo by David Fagundes on Pexels.com Aliens, horror, and existentialism are perfect bed-fellows, and as a literary combination, they take some beating. Existentialists believe that we’re born without purpose into a world that makes no sense, a world without meaning, where god herself is dead, and there’s generally …
Life – Work Balance
As we hurtle up, and sometimes over, the mountain of financial security, we all struggle with our work-life balance. Putting patients first, taking care of family, being busy earning, whatever. No matter our background, status or role, I sense that we all share a sympathy towards each other on this. It is not easy for …
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