Monstronomicon: 100 Horror Stories from 70 Authors (Haunted Library)

The Best Book I've read in a while !I love it!! So many different stories with such different content!!! I would recommend it to everyone!

Monstronomicon is a collection of good monster stories from some very talented writers. The book could benefit from the attention of a good copy editor, but if you ignore the typos and some awkward wording here and there, it's well worth a read.

I have been entertained for weeks reading this slowly. I loved some stories, disliked others, but all in all a great book. It touched on so many aspects of different traditional lore, some more modern, some I had never even thought of! Excellent read.

One hundred short horror stories cover a lot of ground and not every tale hits it out of the ball park. Some read like hastily written creepypastas while some are legitimate short stories. Many read like flash fiction worthy of the genre. Regardless, the anthology is all in all an entertaining read and worth the time. Not all will strike your fancy, but enough them will surely entertain.One caveat. There are a LOT of typos and grammatical mistakes.

Horror fans can really sink their teeth into these stories.Creepy and very scarey.Highly recommended for those of you who enjoy this type of literature.

I am going to start with the negatives. Controversial, I know. But the reason for this is because the negatives are far outweighed by the positives. As much as I loved this anthology (hell, I have two stories in it!) there were some issues that I couldn’t ignore.First was the format and editing. It was clear that this book was not professionally edited. A few misspelled words do not bother me, but when there are unnecessary formatting issues (such as the authors’ names being written twice on some stories, once on the others) it becomes distracting. Many stories had odd line breaks in the middle of sentences or were just poorly structured. I would highly recommend investing in a professional editor to eliminate these problems.My second hang-up was around the order of the stories. They seemed to be in no discernible pattern. I would have preferred it if the book was split up into chapters. Perhaps one chapter could include psychological monsters, another for spiritual ones, etc. This would give the reader a sense of organization and forward motion as they progressed through the book. As it stands now it feels like the stories were amassed as one might pile up dirty laundry on the floor.Despite these two major qualms, the works included in this anthology are phenomenal. It has everything one might want from monster-centered horror. I read about huge, Lovecraftian terrors to skittering, insectile beasts. I come from a psychological horror background and was pleasantly surprised to see that some of the worst monsters were humans. I want to highlight a few stories that I particularly enjoyed.The first I would like to showcase is called “Giggle” and is by the author Derek Hawke. I won’t spoil the story, but the amount of lore-building Hawke was able to do in such a short span was impressive. As a reader I feared for the main character but also marveled the situation. The truth is that there are terrors far bigger than the giggle in the nighttime.I also enjoyed “ADINN” by Jesse Clark. Clark paints a beautiful picture of a world that may or may not be contained within a computer. I found myself rooting for the narrator while also questioning what was real. It didn’t rely on scares to make the reader afraid. Instead, Clark created both a claustrophobic and desolate landscape that built up the nervousness and sense of urgency in the narrative.Finally, I want to round my top three picks with a classic monster story. “The Witness” by Edyth Pax-Boyr, gives us a creature to fear while also creating a realistic world for it to exist in. In truth, it is a story of loss and what that looks like for different people. I loved the description of the monster. It left enough up to my imagination that I was satisfyingly disturbed. It also has an ending you will not want to miss.Just like any anthology, there were some stories I enjoyed more than others, but overall the scope of the production is inspiring. There was a vast array of storytellers to satisfy even the pickiest critic. I am monstrously impressed with the dedication each author gave to their craft. This is a book I will go back to again and again to find new meanings and discover old fears.

If you like horror get this. I read just about every horror anthology Amazon offers. I had thought, "This is just another one of those generic, throw together Monster things." NO it is not. Good stories here ! Great stories here! Get this now!

I love this book! I love horror stories and the short stories are fun to read, and if you only have a little bit a time, you can read one and enjoy it and come back later to read more!

Dieses Buch ist ein muss für fast alle Horrorfans.Man sollte schon gute Englischkenntnisse haben, sonst schmällert einen die Vokabelsuchedas Vergnügen.Von 100 Geschichten haben mir 85 gefallen.Ein guter Schnitt..

Altra incredibile raccolta di horror story in versione kindle. Alcune storie prendono più di altre, ma assolutamente è consigliato.Fare attenzione alla lingua

Have not finished all of this but so far has some good stuff

I’m really enjoying this book and am only halfway through.Good horror stories and mainly different from the usual horror stories.Nice and short and very interesting.I do love a good horror story!

There is something within these pages for everyone. Some will out and out scare you. Others will make you wish that the Author could have made a short story long. All will leave you wanting more. Happy reading. Annemarie