BOOK TOUR | THE HORROR THAT REPRESENTS YOU | S.D. VASSALLO
Hello, today I join ZOOLOO’S book tours again. This time it is to shine a spotlight on a new anthology released by Brigid’s Gate Press
Fear. Terror. Horror.
Though we all share those emotions, the form of what scares us, terrifies us, gives us nightmares, and defines us, differs from person to person. Some have snakes for pets; others can’t even look at them through a glass barrier. Some move gracefully in high places like acrobats on tightropes; others quiver nervously even standing 20 feet back from a drop-off.
The Horror that Represents You is an exploration of the fear and horror that moves and defines the 24 authors whose stories and poems appear herein.
Featuring the talents of Vivian Kasley, Sridhar Shankar, Koji A. Dae, Megan M. Davies-Ostrom, Nicole M. Wolverton, Scott J. Moses, Anya Leigh Josephs, KC Grifant, Samuel McQuail, Fred Furtado, Anna Fitzgerald Healy, Samantha Lokai, Christine Lucas, Hiro Finn Hoshino, Christopher O’Halloran, Simo Srinivas, Jen Mierisch, Ray Pantle, Micah Castle, Patricia Miller, Sheila Massie, Stephanie Parent, Bebe Bayliss, and Linda D. Addison.
The Horror That Represents Us is an anthology of stories curated by S.D. Vassallo, writer and co - founder of Brigid Gate Press.
I have read a number of releases from this publishing house and have to say that the calibre of books that I have read from them have all been very high, and have subsequently, for me, have made them a publisher to watch. So, when I was accepted on the tour for this book I was most pleased.
The Horror That Represents Us is a collection of stories circling around the concept of fear and what scares each of us. Whilst this is a little luminescent in its brief, each of the stories captures a differing feeling of unease and disquiet in their essence, whilst gently gnawing their way under the skin.
Each of the stories has a different flavour of horror involved, such as body horror, sci fi horror, psychological horror and dark fantasy to name a few, but what ties them together is the fact that whilst not all the stories will be creepy on the whole, there will be one that burrows its way under the skin of the individual. And this was the case with my experience.
The one that stood out for me was the brilliant ‘This Side of the Moment’ by Megan M. Davies - Ostrom, which tells the tale of a woman, who after leaving her teen home alone walks in to find her cooking churros. Not a particularly horrific or disturbing premise…. Or is it. The story then moves on to play out a sliding doors moment in which in one reality the mother of the girl is deemed as being anxious but life goes on as normal, whilst in the other reality the experience led to disastrous results.
The story plays around with those moments that we all fall into. The what ifs and the what may have been. It’s an excellent story and one that I can relate to totally.
On the whole it’s is a really well crafted anthology of superbly written short stories that will hit home and leave the reader with a thought provoked frown on their face as they digest each little slice of disquiet.
ABOUT BRIGIDS GATE PRESS
Underrepresented authors are welcome. Unagented authors are welcome.
Currently, our focus is on horror, dark fantasy, poetry, and romance. We aren't afraid of mash-ups of more than one genre and will go the extra mile to market those books in a way that gets into the right readers' hands. As of now, we use print on demand services via Amazon and IngramSpark. This allows us to keep upfront print costs low while allotting more of the budget to anthologies, art, and marketing. Using print on demand also allows us to take risks on manuscripts that may be harder to place with other publishers. Our goal is to get your story out into the world. Afterall, someone, somewhere, is eagerly awaiting
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