| Title | : | 13 MOONS |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9789670374994 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 252 |
| Publication | : | First published June 21, 2014 |
Office workers discover the gruesome secret behind the puppets used as workplace décor. A man tries to help the ghost of a murdered child haunting a playground. An abandoned well and a banana tree in a village garden conceal a decades-old crime. A couple struggles to keep their family together when their son becomes a zombie. And a nightclub with a supernatural door policy — depending on when you choose to go.
These stories reveal the darkness that threatens to seep through the veneer of day-to-day life.
13 MOONS Reviews
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Even years after reading this, I still remembered some of the stories. The stories were so good that I did remember how it will ended up.
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Many stories are set in present days, not too dark and grisly, there're chilling stories and entertaining reads throughout,
My favorites are -
Red Balloon, glad this is my first read, a ghost girl who asking help from the residents or passersby near a playground. The story unfolds disturbing.
The Specialist's Cat, a little girl who made a deal with a devil she met during an exhibition.
Joe Moth, I'd read this twice, I liked it because I could feel the surrealism in the story, a protagonist being disturbed by the chats of two kids in the plane.
Triumvirate, a protagonist who had just started to work in an unknown nightclub, only later to find out the gruesome secrets behind it.
Batik Weaver, a contemporary tale of murders that took place at Kelantan village.
In the Dark of the Matinee, a guy who was a big fan of Hong Kong film star. Entertaining of reading this too. -
I am glad to give this book 5 stars. To be honest, I DID NOT expect much at all from a Malaysian author writing horror, because let's face it, most local horror writing tends to be deriviative. Long-haired girls crawling up or down basement stairs, toyols, haunted phones and computers, haunted offices, schools, and toilets etc...
The Malaysian horror staples are present in this book (a well and a banana tree in one tale set in a village in Kelantan) but the stories work best when the settings are modern and contemporary. Such as the sinister story, TEAM MACABRE, which reminded me of the film "Office Space", but with more black magic. Another story JOE MOTH, is set on a plane and manages the difficult achievement of the double-twist ending, and the story about an unusual nightclub, TRIUMVIRATE, reads like something Neil Gaiman would've written during his SANDMAN days. -
Had a lot of fun reading these short horror stories. Nothing too grisly thank goodness (I'm a wimp) though definitely some bone chilling moments with murderous puppets and ghostly aborted fetuses. One of my favorite stories was "Joe Moth," though it was a little hard to read what with MH17 happening so recently.
(Side note: Compared to the three other Fixi Novo titles I've read - Love in Penang, Spirits Abroad, KL Noir: Blue - this one was riddled with rather glaring proofreading oversights. Somewhat distracting.) -
Thirteen thrilling stories to make your skin crawl by one of Malaysia's most vibrant writers.
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I liked it..short simple spine chilling stories
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The best horror book from Malaysia!
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Why I'm interested in this book at the first place
Picking it up from a book exchange corner, to support the #TakeReadReturn movement by Books On The Move.
The fourth book I read for the Merdeka month.
What do I think of this book... now that I've done reading it
This is a quite decent short horror stories to spend my time with. Most of it comes from modern settings in Kuala Lumpur, so it feels quite relatable as you read along.
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1. My favorite chapters:
i. Team Macabre
ii. The Specialist's Cat
iii. Red Balloons
2. The character name Lars was used alot in these stories. I wonder who is he referring too, hmm?
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1. Yes, I admitted I skipped some chapters too, because it turned out, some of the short stories are quite long to read... and I have short attention span:
i. Bone Torpedoes
ii. In The Dark of the Matinee
iii. Triumvirate
iv. Bougainvilleas
v. Brains For Brian
Get this
1. If you also love to read other short horror stories.
2. Also a fan/had watched The Twilight Zone series. -
3 stars. I like the originality of ideas used in this collection. I do not find any classical & cliched horror scenes (graveyard, haunted house, mortuary, extreme violence etc) in it. The author explores horror in other aspects of society & rare settings. I like "Bone Torpedoes" the most. I think the story is unique and psychologically suspenseful. Other stories that I enjoyed include "Joe Moth" and "The Team Macabre". The rest of the stories, as terrified as it seems, hardly give me any chills.
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No Sleep Every Night ruined it for me. Without it, the book will be better. Why? Because No Sleep Every Night is a collection of stories I've read so many times in so many horror books.
Brain for Brian was different. The father started crying, the mother consoled him and Brian sat beside her eventhough he was devoid any brain matter but I guess his empathy was intact.
The rest was okay in its own way. And congratulation to the writer. It was refreshing. -
Better than horror stories tunku halim. Enuff said.
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Compilation of stories are quite good. A fast read
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These stories succeed on a small scope. Not great literature or anything, but it doesn't want to be. These stories have typos and basic, unruffled narratives, prose that's little better than most creepypasta, but their one ambition is to be scary and unlike a lot of horror fiction Lee actually accomplishes that. "Team Macabre", "Red Balloons", "The Specialist's Cat" and "In the Dark of the Matinee" stood out as particularly effective.
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Not all atories give the chills. Only some of it succeed to deliver the chills. i love the last chapter. really, really bring out the goosebumps.
Anyway, this os better than Horror Stories by you-know-who. -
Only enjoyed these: Batik Weaver, In The Dark Of The Matinee, and Triumvirate. I was really bothered by the teeny weeny errors in every story.
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The author is a good writer and is able to form vivid images through words. However, maybe these kinds of books are not my cup of tea. Perhaps when I was younger, I'd appreciate this more.
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Interesting & creepy. Introduces Malaysian horror as opposed to d usual western vampire- werewolf genre.
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These stories are quite subtle and not very gory or disgusting.
