REVIEW: And Hell Followed - an Anthology
And Hell Followed
Thanks so much to Death's Head Press for this advanced copy.
Publisher: Death Head's Press
Publish Date: January 15, 2019
Kindle Edition
Genres: Short Stories, Anthology, Horror, Apocalyptic
Seventeen authors re-imagine the biblical apocalypse and all the hell that follows sixteen horrifying tales. What if the prophecies of Revelation hit today? What sort of craziness and evil would ensue? With this list of excellent authors contributing, it’s sure to be a Hell of a read!
Wrath James White
Sam West
The Sisters of Slaughter
Jeff Strand
K Trap Jones
C Derick Miller
Christine Morgan
Patrick C. Harrison III
John Wayne Comunale
Hyäne Sawbones
Delphine Quinn
James Watts
Wile E. Young
Chris Miller
Mark Deloy
Richard Raven
My Review:
I really wanted to love this anthology. It's biblical apocalyptic stories so the them is the same across the board. However, there was just too much of the same kind of things throughout each story - which is fine amongst themselves but when reading back to back to back, it got to be a little bit oversaturated. Seems when hell comes to earth, it's gruesome, a lot of cussing, a lot of strange sex and private parts grabbing and heavy metal. I'm not opposed to ANY of this - usually the stranger, grosser and weirder the better.
Just like with all anthologies, there's a mixed bag - some are great, some not so much. I think this would've been better read a story at a time with a little break in between. Back to back just got a bit cumbersome really.
Not a bad bunch for hell on earth though. So go get biblical.
★★
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