Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny by Steve Berman


Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny
Title : Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny
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ISBN : 1607013932
ISBN-10 : 9781607013938
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 384
Publication : First published July 3, 2013

Children are supposed to be all sugar and spice and everything nice... but we know that's not the truth. Dark tales of wicked tykes and dangerous kids playing vicious games that lead adults - sometimes their own parents - to their demise are a staple of frightening fiction. Beware the schoolyards and playgrounds, even the sanctity of the familial home, especially after dark. And don't be fooled by a trickle of tears or tiny hands reaching for you. These youngsters do not want to love or comfort - only to inflict pain! Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny offers twenty-seven tales of terrifying offspring by both masters of the genre and imaginative newcomers.

Bad Seeds: Evil Progeny Reviews

  • Jenny Brown

    Oh my gosh Steve what could be leading to all this troubles

  • Helena Sheibler

    “My Name Is Leejun” by John Schoffstall kicks complete and total ass. Best and scariest short story I've read in a very long time.

  • Jeanine

    An anthology of horror stories with children as the main draw published in 2013. I found this book to be slightly disappointing. While there are stories by some big name authors, I was surprised to find several were old stories, for example, Children of the Corn by Stephen King which was first published in 1977, that I read before in other publications.

  • Cassie

    This was a mixed bag of stories for me; some stood out as being engaging and truly creepy ("My Name is Leejun," "Blue Rose," "Duck Hunt," "The Stuff That Goes On in Their Heads") but others barely made an impression.

  • Adrien Julious

    I liked this book. Most of the stories were really good. Some of them were strange in a good way. It contains the Stephen King shirt story Children of The Corn.

  • Jenn

    There were a number of short stories in here that were awesome. But there were a number that I didn't understand. Which is unusual as I thought I was fairly intelligent and well-read. I liked that these stories all involved kids in some way. And they were truly evil kids so they fit the bill quite nicely. I will forever be a fan of the horror short story.

  • Rhonda

    It's always hard to rate and review short stories collections -- there's so much variation. Additionally, I don't have a good memory for short works; they don't tend to stay with me. So let's just say, setting aside Straub's story, which is complex at a level most of these don't even aspire to, I especially liked Hal Duncan's "the Disappearance of James H" and "The Perfect Dinner Party" by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black. Other favorites include "second Grade" (Charles Antin) and "The Stuff that Goes on in their Heads" (Michael Marshall Smith). With the low boredom threshold typical of our age, there were several that I skipped after the first few pages failed to engage me (including one by McCammon, who I just have never cared for).

  • Kate

    A few of the stories were very good- Robert McCammon and Holly Black and Cassandra Clare's were stand outs, along with King's classic Children of the Corn. But a lot were not so great, some just confusing to anyone but the author, and a few were just boring. Very uneven collection of stories, but worth it for die hard fans of any of the authors.

  • Miri Goldenberg

    DFN. After five stories I couldn't go on. Apart from the first story which was pretty good the other stories weren't so good. The end didn't feel like an and but somehow like the story was cut in the middle and some stories didn't make sense. Anyway this book wasn't for me and I couldn't finish it.

  • patty

    Some good creepy stories in this anthology and so not so great. I finished this about a week ago and the only story that is fresh in my mind is Children of the Corn and I've read that a few times long ago.

  • SpookyBoogie

    An okay collection.