120 Murders-Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era

Name: 120 Murders-Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era
Rating: 3.333 (3 reviews)
ISBN: 9798991258722

By Nick Mamatas & Paul Tremblay &

Publisher Description

After midnight is as dark as it gets...

Whether thanks to an overnight college radio shift or cable pumping flickering videos into TVs across America, the music of the alternative era was the soundtrack to our lives, and sometimes our deaths. 120 Murders is an anthology of power chord crimes and keyboard horrors--the best noir, dark fantasy, and transgressive fiction from writers inspired by grunge, goth, ska, synthpop, and every eclectic sound of the alternative era.

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120 Murders-Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era Reviews

3.0

morbidcourtosities.ca

Created 9 months ago

“This book was well captured in the title alone with the amount of short dark & disturbing stories packed into one epic anthology 👀 — thank you always to NetGalley for supplying my nightmares! 😅 The stories that stood out the most for me were Superstition by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Wendy, Growing Up by Veronica Schanoes, and other disturbing tales from Josh Malerman, Jeffrey Ford and Paul Tremblay were just great treats to experience as well! If you are a fan of anthologies and love a good collection of thematically written stories around alt music and horrific chaos, this book will be for you... It's just quite the undertaking to read through all those murders 🥲 (and also, be careful with the subject matter inside 🫣⚠️)”

Predictable but satisfying Slow-paced Bleak Dark Eerie Nostalgic Setting fits the story Vivid descriptions Straightforward

alyssareadshorror

Created 10 months ago

“Thank you NetGalley for the DRC!! This book was not what I thought it was going to be. The cover and title was a bit misleading… but I was pleasantly surprised by the short stories in this! There’s a vast array of styles and genres from thriller to litfic to some strange surreal twilight zone-type stories and even a memoir all based on a certain 90’s/2000s alternative song of the author’s choosing. I didn’t connect with most of the stories but the ones I did were incredible! Here’s my list of my 5 star stories: WENDY, GROWING UP - Veronica Schanoes “HIDE & SEEK” BY SWANN - Josh Malerman JUST LIKE FIRE WOULD - William Boyle NEVER LET ME DOWN - Brian Francis Slattery SACRED MEATS - Jeffery Ford SUPERSTITION - Silvia Moreno-Garcia TORNADO MOTHER - Libby Cudmore THE BEST IN BASEMENT RADIO - Molly Tanzer”

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Jmo

Created about 1 year ago

“First a big thank you to Ruadan Books for sending this over to me as an E-ARC to review and share! 120 Murders: Dark Fiction Inspired by the Alternative Era is an anthology of short horror stories that are haunting, tragic or outright weird. Not every story was for me in this collection, but I found plenty here to pique my interest that left me ready to get to each chilling tale. The variety of writing styles is fresh and you can feel the cadence of the music these stories are inspired by in the sentence structure. Some highlights of this collection are The Best in Basement Radio by Molly Tanzer, All My Life by Meg Gardiner, and Never Let Me Down by Brian Francis Slattery. All of these stories are filled with gruesome stories about tragic background or haunting chills. Definitely recommend this for my horror lovers out there that also appreciate 80s-00s alternative music. 3.5⭐️.”

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