Book Review: Monsters by Paul Melniczek
Posted by Peter Schwotzer in Books, Latest News, Reviews, Terror Tales with Peter D. Schwotzer on July 23rd, 2010
“Monsters… they are seen all around us, and yet no real proof has ever been discovered. Fact, or Fiction? Every culture describes them, and countless documentation and ancient texts mention their presence. The tales are passed down from one generation to another, whispered around campfires, and told to trembling children. Modern day adventures seek them out in hopes to discover evidence of their existence, and signs of the mythical truth. Are they real? Regardless of the truth, pray that you never encounter one… Paul Melniczek takes us on a monster quest across the continents you will soon not forget. Stories which compel and frighten us as if we ourselves are hunted through dark and primeval forests, and confronted with the terrible and ultimate truth: Monsters do exist!”
Table of Contents
White
Twilight’s Embrace
Purgatory Calling
Retribution
In The Night, Heels Clicking
Devil Man Of The Hollow
Where Trails Sometimes Lead
The Bunyip
Monsters, how can you not like a book with at title like that? Well, if the writing is terrible, the monsters not scary and the stories boring, that’s how.
But fortunately for us that is definitely not the case here. Dark Regions Press just might be the best publisher of short fiction today, and Paul Melniczek’s Monsters is no exception.
Monsters is full of well crafted tales of things that shouldn’t be, creatures of legend come to life. A delectable feast of man’s search for the unthinkable and the realization that we are powerless against those things in the dark.
I really couldn’t really come up with a weak story in the bunch and I enjoyed them all and the book was a hell of a lot of fun to read. Though if I had to choose a favorite, it would be The Bunyip, a tale of a man in search of new species in the unforgiving wilderness of Australia and boy did he find what he was looking for.
My second would be White, a tale of the search for a creature of the snow that turns decadently different.
And is usual with any of Dark Regions books, the cover art is exceptional.
So if you are looking for a nice leisurely way to pass a hot summer afternoon, reading Monsters is right at the top of my list.
So pay a visit to our friends over at Dark Regions Press and pick up Monsters, and take a look at what else they have to offer, it will be well worth your time.
And another big thank you to our friends at Dark Regions for sending me another awesome book.
