Not everyone has the ability to read long and intense horror, fear and intrigue books.; or not so long but with sustained suspense, a complicated narrative in which an investigator searches for a murderer or the demon appears and disappears, or those that are so non-visual that they force the reader to make a great effort to visualize.
The Halloween holiday is a perfect occasion to delve into scary literature, which we may avoid throughout the year, but if you prefer to do it in small doses, The best thing is that you get a book of stories, little horror pills that are intense enough to read in 20 minutes. and, if you are in ‘shock’, leave it. Reading it with a group of friends or family is also a fun option.
So if you are looking for the perfect scary story book to tell and read on Halloween night, We have selected a volume of stories by one of the great horror authors of the 20th century, Richard Matheson (United States, 1926-2013), screenwriter of several episodes of the television series ‘In the limits of reality’, author of the novel ‘I am legend’ and long praised by pop culture myths such as Neil Gaiman, Stephen King or Steven Spielberg, who adapted his text ‘Duel’ into the film ‘The Devil on Wheels’.
Beyond his works as a novelist or screenwriter, it is true that some of the best terrifying works came ‘in small bottles’, in stories. This book that we have selected, ‘Shock 1’, from the Gigamesh publishing house, selects some of Matheson’s best short horror texts.
‘Shock 1’, horror stories by Richard Matheson
‘Noah’s Children’, ‘Lemmings’, ‘The Bountiful Fountain’, ‘Conference Call’, ‘Mantage’, ‘Worthy of Mention’, ‘The Holiday Man’, ‘Dance of the Dead’, ‘Legion of Conspirators’, ‘On the Verge’, ‘The Abominable Advance of Terror’, ‘The Ship of Death’ and ‘ The delivery man’ are the thirteen stories that are included in Matheson’s compilation ‘Shock 1’.
These are stories that They range from very, very short to others that extend for 30 pages and some of them are interspersed with science fiction elements., something very typical in Matheson’s literature. It will make us wonder how our ‘normal’ life can take a 180 degree turn with just one event that happens to us.
The story with which the publication opens, ‘Noah’s Children’ is one of Matheson’s best-known short stories. It was first published in 1957 in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine. The protagonist is Mr. Ketchum who, back from vacation, looks for a motel to spend the night but is stopped by a police officer for speeding. Little by little, at the police station, he will dangerously lose his cool.
2023-10-27 06:42:53
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