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It Was All a Dream 2

By Brandon Applegate & Matthew M Bartlett
It Was All a Dream 2 by Brandon Applegate & Matthew M Bartlett digital book - Fable

Publisher Description

That cat that always jumps out of the closet at the wrong time, the killer that just won't die, the vengeful curse of a disturbed native burial ground-these tropes and countless others haunt the horror genre like chain-rattling ghosts. Everyone has one that gets under their skin. But these writers sharpened their pencils, picked their favorite, and made it work! These twenty-nine stories feature murderous cows, outer space plagues, very bad dreams, and weed-smoking clowns that take worn out tropes and turn them on their heads to genuinely chilling effect.


Featuring original fiction from:

Joe Koch, D. Matthew Urban, Tom Coombe, Rebecca Harrison, Edward Lodi, Liam Hogan, Yelena Crane, Najua Ismail, Cassandra Daucus, Briar Ripley Page, Amanda Cecelia Lang, Tiffany Michelle Brown, Angelique Fawns, Sydney Paige Guerrero, David J. Thirteen, Michael Pearson, Steve Loiaconi, Mark Silcox, Angela Sylvaine, Dana McKay, Ria Hill, Cynthia Gómez, Avra Margariti, J.L. Foux, Red Lagoe, Francis J. Matozzo, Gwendolyn Kiste, Nadia Bulkin, and Rena Mason


Foreword by Matthew M. Bartlett


Interior illustrations by Christopher Castillo Díaz


And a full-wrap cover by Trevor Henderson

5 Reviews

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Slightly Smiling Face“Another excellent anthology by Brandon Applegate! The stories in this collection were all very well written and the accompanying illustrations were great to set the stage before you started reading. The stories were all relatively short (about 6-12 pages a piece) but they all were able to pack a pretty good punch and paint vivid pictures of the environment and characters. I loved the new and fresh spin the authors put on these very familiar subjects and this was a very enjoyable spooky season read.”
“Another in a line of consistently impressive anthologies this collection did exactly what it set out to do by portraying imaginative and inventive twists on common tropes in horror writing. Some of them were fairly straight forward and some veered well off the beaten path but to a one they were imminently readable and enjoyable. In fact I struggle to come up with a stand out work, if only because there wasn't a story that stood out from the pack either by being leagues ahead of the rest or leagues behind. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.”
“I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily. This collection is filled with truly unique stories... (I mean we literally kick things off with a sharp little story that's told from the point of view of the very words on the pages of the haunted book that's being messed with) This is one of the best short story collections. Genius! This is impressive stuff here. Hilarious, surprising, scary.... These stories have some serious tropes to undo, and they subvert expectations marvelously.  These are scary situations where there is no waking up safe or sound; that bump in the night was something... and no, it's not just the cat!  Eating, drinking, and breathing horror the way I do makes it quite difficult for me to feel surprised.... and one story after the other.... this book has me constantly surprised. I was so entertained, and will be HIGHLY recommending this collection to others!  4.5 / 5 Top 10 personal favorites: - The Long People - The American Dream - Emily's Teeth - The Things I Miss - The Mortal Gods  - Birth of A Sucker - Track 9 - Be Kind, Please Rewind  (The illustrations before the stories are incredible as well!)”

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