Night Terrors Vol. 1 by Scare Street

Night Terrors Vol. 1 Reviews

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  Zain

  Scary Goodness!
  
  Scare Street publishes some good horror anthologies.
  
  This book of goodies have some great stories from JM White, Rosie O’Carroll, KM McKenzie, Warren Benedetto and Ron Ridley, to name a few.
  
  I believe that I have hit the jackpot…on horror. Check it out. 👍🏽😎
  
  Five stars. ✨✨✨✨✨
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  Peter

  Solid collection of 13 horror tales written by different authors. I especially liked "Cool Air" where an elderly woman gets rejuvenated. This changes when the gym next door is torn down and something new is erected. Will it be good or bad for the lady? "The Presentation", second story here, illustrates a terrible work day nobody here wants to face. What is so special about it? You won't do wrong reading those stories. The other 11 are very readable and have some interesting twists inside. Recommended!
• 
  Teipu

  This collection of 13 short stories was way better than I expected. I've never heard of this anthology-series or of any of the authors but I was pleasantly surprised. There was not one downright terrible story, more than I can say about other anthologies full of famous authors.
  Some stories felt very nosleep-y but that's not the worst thing you can say about a horror story.
  
  My favourites were The Third Father by A.M. Todd, Play It, Kill It, Win It by J.M. White and Satan's Town by Bob Johnston.
  Third Father and Play It had supernatural elements but the real horror lay in the psychological aspect and real world horror (like carrying a feverish toddler to the hospital in the middle of the night).
  Satan's Town had a Good Omens by Neil Gaiman vibe and I would really like to read more be the author.
  
  What I find strange is that with one or two exceptions I can't find any of the authors online. Their only published stories were in this collection. Many don't even have a twitter account or other social media. Whyyyyy? I want to read more from you?
  Maybe their names are pen names? Or most are (in fact) from nosleep?
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  Wanda

  Scare Street is great!!
  
  I love this book. I definitely intend to buy more in this series. The stories are great and I even reread some!
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  Kaitlan

  Edited Review 2/23/23
  
  Oookay...so, I originally wasn't impressed with this collection of stories and basically shit on all but one in my first review. BUT! There were a few stories that I just could not stop thinking about, so I went back and re-read them. And I will admit...I was wrong! The stories that I underestimated on my first read are "The Homeowner's Guide to Sanity" by K.M. McKenzie, "Everything as it Was" by Warren Benedetto, and "Play It, Win It, Kill It" by J.M. White. My apologies to these authors! Perhaps I just wasn't in the right mood for these stories the first time around. ***I'm also upping my star rating from a two to a three.***
  
  Original Review
  
  Anthologies can be tricky to rate. I can fall in love with some stories while others can bore me to tears--all in one book! And typically there are at least a few stories I end up really enjoying. This book, though...
  
  I have to say, most of these stories were pretty lackluster. Which is a shame because look at that cover! The only story I really liked was "7734" by Ryan Benson. But that's about it. I've already purchased the next two volumes (oops) so I'm really hoping they end up being better. Fingers crossed!
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  Sarah Huntington

  I liked this enough that I'm now going to buy the rest. A couple of the stories fell a little flat for me but the majority were great. Really original too.
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  Francisco Núñez

  Tremendas historias este libro me entretuvo bastante, todos los cuentos y relatos están muy bien escritos, buena linea argumental en la mayoría. Es de considerar como los autores supieron hallar horror en cosas cotidianas.
  
  Me hace mucho eco que haya disfrutado mucho más esta compilación que libros de autores reconocidos como Memnoch the Devil de Rice.
  
  Super recomendado, voy a comprar las compilaciones que le siguen.
• 
  Carole

  This anthology of "scary" stories weren't all that scary to me. Some were suspenseful, some were actually a little funny, but none of them were actually scary or give me "night terrors".
  
  The stories I did enjoy though were Pumpkin Patch by C. B. Channell; Play It, Win It, Kill It by J. M. White; Satan's Town by Bob Johnston; and Summer Camp by Ron Ripley.
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  Shelly

  This was just okay. I wanted a quick anthology of horror stories for Halloween, so I chose this. The cover looked a little sketchy, but I decided to go for it. There were a couple of good stories, but most were pretty blah. I guess you can't complain when it's free!
  
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  Sarah

  Some excellent short stories in this collection. I particularly enjoyed the order that the stories were presented in, which is not something I often take note of in short story collections, but it was very noticeable here because of how well it flowed.
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  Kaylee

  Welp, here we are. I pretty much copy/pasted my notes while reading each story, trying to keep track while reading each. Wasn't that impressed but there are a couple authors I would look into again. This was short. A short anthology and it took me a minute...
  
  Cool Air by Peter Cronsberry - 1 Star
  Honestly, I didn't like anything about this. The MC was rather annoying and the plot seemed weak.
  
  The Presentation by Tarphy W. Horn - 2 Star
  Spelling kept changing with the MC's name between Sidney and Sydney... I liked the overall plot more in the end at least.
  
  The Homeowner's Guide to Sanity by K. M. McKenzie - 1 Star
  It would be horrific to have this happen. However, it was so detached and farfetched that it made no difference to me.
  
  Retrospective: Florne's Ghost by Emily Pellim - 3 Star
  Normally don't like the style but it worked well with this one. Interesting and sad.
  
  7734 by Ryan Benson - 2 Star
  Held my attention for a bit but was OTT from the get-go. And then the end... SMH. If I had been creeped out/worried/scared (and to be clear, not in the least was I) that ending would've killed it for me.
  
  Aisle Three by Rosie O'Carroll - 2 Star (2.5 rounded down)
  Most interesting so far (which isn't saying much) and trying to teach a lesson to boot. Was obvious, however. I'm assuming it was because of the writing style that this got a lower rating even though it was more interesting than previous higher rating... (Been a few days since I finished and have soo many other things on my mind. Was also check out on a lot of these since most really just didn't hold my interest.)
  
  Pumpkin Patch by C. B. Channell - 3 Star (3.5 rounded down)
  Even though a lot of the smaller details bugged me like the MC, the children, side characters, etc. (Hm. "Smaller." Hah.) I liked the overall concept and liked the ending.
  
  The Third Father by A. M. Todd - 1 Star
  Not really horror, barely dark even. More of a moral-of-the-story, let-things-go kinda deal.
  
  Troop 94's Last Scouting Trip by Karl Melton - 3 Star
  Alright. More interesting than I thought it would be, especially after such a title (obviously was going to involve children and, most likely, primarily). But was a bit spooky and was sad. Would've liked more to it actually.
  
  Play It, Win It, Kill It by J. M. White - 2 Star
  Unless you count the nightmares, I wouldn't say this is horror. Definitely dark but of a different sort. MC bugged the hell outta me as well for... so many reasons.
  
  Satan's Town by Bob Johnston - 1 Star
  Didn't like the voices/characters. Just... Left me wanting.
  
  Everything As It Was by Warren Benedetto - 1 Star
  All. The. Religion. Could show others...
  
  Summer Camp by Ron Ripley - 3 Star (3.5 rounded down)
  Actually enjoyed this one; probably the one I enjoyed the most. I didn't expect to with the MC's voice but made for a great change. However, I was mostly concerned about how other characters would respond to the MC and was pleasantly surprised by it.
  
  Overall, I will not continue with this anthology series. Just isn't for me - perhaps just cuz of how I perceive horror or... Well, many reasons, but truly doesn't matter. This rated rather low for me so that speaks volumes. The cover is perfect for horror but (for this volume, at least) doesn't match the stories within. Well, I guess technically one... Obviously, to each their own, and I'm sure others will disagree with my assessment.
• 
  Vanessa Reis

  Opinião completa no blog BUÉ DE LIVROS:
  Night terrors vol. 1
  
  «(...)
  Como em todas as antologias de terror que tenho lido, a qualidade dos contos varia significativamente, assim como os temas tratados: fantasmas, demónios, psicopatas, maldições, lugares assombrados.
  
  São 13 contos distintos e apenas três são maus; os outros dez estão bem escritos e/ou têm temas interessantes, mas quase todos têm finais desinspirados ou sem sentido, o que é uma pena.
  
  Abaixo está a lista, e os que estão a negrito e com um pequeno resumo foi os que mais gostei; os dois primeiros e os dois últimos foram os meus favoritos.
  
  1. Cool air – Peter Cronsberry - uma septuagenária adquire um objecto mágico numa loja de antiguidades peculiar.
  
  2. The presentation – Tarphy H. Worn - um homem vive as piores horas da sua vida no dia em que tem de fazer uma apresentação aos accionistas da empresa.
  
  3. The homeowner’s guide to sanity – K.M. McKenzie
  4. Retrospective: Florne’s ghost – Emil Pellim
  
  5. 7734 – Ryan Benson - terror no Ártico.
  
  6. Aisle three – Rosie O’Carroll
  7. Pumpkin patch – C.B. Channell
  8. The third father – A.M. Todd
  
  9. Troop 94’s last scouting trip – Karl Melton - um grupo de escuteiros passa uma noite inesquecível num porta-aviões assombrado.
  
  10. Play it, win it, kill it – J.M. White
  11. Satan’s town – Bob Johnston
  
  12. Everything as it was – Warren Benedetto - uma comunidade de agricultores é assolada por uma praga.
  
  13. Summer camp – Ron Ripley - um caçador nato de criaturas sobrenaturais descobre os seus poderes.
  
  Talvez dê hipótese a mais um dos livros desta série de antologias (que já conta 14 volumes até à data) para descobrir novas vozes de um dos meus géneros favoritos.
  
  Além disso, comparada com outras antologias que li no passado, com nomes mais sonantes, foi uma leitura satisfatória. »
• 
  Jonathan

  A few gems buried in a lot of mud
  
  After reading Berkley Street by Ron Ripley I checked my kindle library to see if I had anything else written by him. I was excited to see he contributed to Night Terrors and immediately started reading it. Honestly, wanting to see his story, which ended up being last in this anthology, is the only reason I read the whole thing.
  
  Of the first four stories, I found the first one interesting, disliked the next two, and felt that the fourth had a really cool concept marred by its execution.
  
  The next four stories which followed were all fairly standard, nothing really memorable and could certainly be improved on.
  
  The battleship story which came next was very interesting, the gambling story did a good job presenting the path to addiction and despite the supernatural aspect I found it surprisingly believable. I wish more stories were like that.
  
  Absolutely LOVED Satan's Town. I will certainly look for more stories by Bob Johnston in the future. The second to last story was also decent. The final story lived up to, and even exceeded, my expectations. Not only was the story interesting and well presented, but it tackled a topic which you rarely see in horror fiction in a very respectful way.
  
  There are definitely a few gems making this anthology worth the $0.00 price tag I paid. I'm vaguely curious about the other books in the series, but not willing to spend money on them.
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  David

  If you have been reading and enjoying Scare Street's excellent Short Horror Stories series, you will absolutely love this anthology. It's longer than the SHS series books and introduces us to some authors new to Scare Street. The themes of the stories are more varied and all are excellent. My particular favorite was "The Presentation," which was about a harried junior executive trying to prepare a presentation for his superiors but keeps getting thwarted by a multitude of misfortune. I liked it because it reminded me of some of my own experiences when I was a working stiff.
  This is one of those anthologies where you plan to take a break after the story you are reading but then decide "maybe just one more." You will have a hard time stopping.
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  Myra Gabor

  A book of short stories is always up and down. Some of the stories really capture us and some don't. The ones I really liked were: The Presentation by Tarphy W. Horn- everything that could go wrong does go wrong, plus some extras; 7734 by Roberta Henson - a dive for a lost ship sees the number 7734 engraved everywhere; Aisle Three by Rosie O'Carroll - petty theft is not so petty if you get caught; The Third Father by A.M. Todd - sometimes being an ineffective person doesn't mean you can't accept help; I especially like Summer Camp by Ron Ripley - it's great when a kid knows that someone else has been through what he's going through.
  
  
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  Lisa

  Well, not bad
  
  I guess. But not really what I'd call scary either. There was one that I'd classify as sci-fi, one had a surprise ending so it was more of a thriller, another had an ending you need to figured out if you aren't paying attention, and the others may be spooky to a teenager or preteen but they just didn't do it for me.
  
  I guess you could paraphrase them and tell them around a campfire, or read from the book around a fire, but I just was not that impressed. The cover certainly doesn't match the stories!
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  Cobwebby Eldritch SpaceReader Reindeer

  Explore Horror, both Internal and External (is it only in your mind? Not very likely) with 13 terrifying stories collated by the Editors of Scare Street [who probably never sleep unless all the lights are on]. These tales will wake your terrors, boggle your mind, and sink roots into your imagination.
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  Crystal

  I started out ok in this book, and like after story number 4 it got boring and then it would pick back up and get interesting for a while and then go south again. I think that the stories being in short form are great and there is something for everyone, but this work was just a back and forth kind of read that only half kept my attention.
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  Tehnehn Kaijaah Edwards

  A great collection of horror stories, they were all very entertaining and the last few really had me engaged. Loved the twists and turns, just when I thought I had it all figured out, it throws me a twist. I love the Scare Street books, and there is a lot of talent in them. Great read, and great writing.
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  Jasmine Stanford

  Listened to this on audible...
  I really liked this collection, all stories were a solid 3.5 or 4. A few of my favourites were 7734, Everything As It Was and Summer Camp. These stories are definitely 'soft horror', nothing too terrifying or gory but definitely worth a read and some made me squirm. 4/5 stars
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  Arjun

  It's a wild ride. It's a collection of horror short stories that will leave you checking under your bed before you go to sleep. The writing is tight and suspenseful, and the writers have got a real knack for building tension. Each story is unique and will keep you guessing until the very end. And let me tell you, the endings are killer. If you're a fan of horror or just looking for a good scare, "Night Terrors Vol. 1" is your ticket. Just be warned, you might want to keep the lights on.
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  Jeffrey Hyler

  Not much to say about it. Short stories on horror. Enjoyed most. One story made no-sense invoking death and music. My favorite was the one involving an autistic type child, named Jimmy. He saved the day at camp by killing the ghost.