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Matters Most Macabre Kindle Edition
A world of sudden desperation --- all its stories have vaporized overnight, gone from the shelves of libraries, from the internet, from the human mind itself.
A Fourth of July in Holebrim, Texas, so explosively grotesque, you’ll never forget it.
A city of werewolves hell-bent on taking over the world.
A business man discovers God has committed suicide, and decides to make profit from the magical properties of His sacred body.
A practical joker whose jokes grow sharp teeth, and turn on him.
An accursed typewriter named Lovely Lila fulfills the wildest dreams of any would-be writer . . . but at what cost?
Matters Most Macabre is a collection of thirteen spine-tingling tales from the maniacal mind of Tylor James. These stories will amuse, disturb, provoke thought, and just plain weird you out!
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateApril 22, 2021
- File size2810 KB
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- ASIN : B08Z7LM8TZ
- Publication date : April 22, 2021
- Language : English
- File size : 2810 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 188 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,819,136 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #4,049 in Horror Short Stories
- #25,506 in Single Authors Short Stories
- #44,952 in Short Stories (Books)
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About the author
Tylor James lives in Sweet Hollow, Wisconsin. He's the author of "Beneath the Jack O' Lantern Sky: Tales of Sweet Hollow", "Matters Most Macabre", and other works of horror fiction. He has stories published in Weird House magazine, Strange Horizons, Cosmic Horror Monthly, The Literary Hatchet, Penumbric Speculative Fiction Magazine, HYPNOS Magazine, The Other Stories Podcast, and several anthology publications. When not writing, you may find him spending time with his wife and daughter, reading good books, working at a book store, and taking midnight strolls past the graveyard. He is twenty-eight years old.
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In another tale, “Godly Business”, I was once again, disturbed and amused by the tale told within. America does run on big business and well, this tale is no exception to that rule. Farmer Eddie Rednick, sets out to make a dollar anyway that he can when the body of God falls from the sky onto his land below. Yes, you read that correctly. I’m just going to leave that here and let you read it for yourselves. You won’t regret it.
“Box of Chocolates” tells us the story of Jeremy, sad and depressed after his break-up with Angela. After three years, she just got up and moved out. As we do, Jeremy seeks out a way to just talk to her once more, just see her again and then, then she would listen. A lone box of chocolates at the grocery store lands in his cart and he finds himself standing outside of Angela’s mothers house later on that day. Estelle refuses to let him see Angela and rudely snatches the chocolate from his hands. Jeremy returns home, depressed and defeated but oh no, dear reader, the tale does not end there. This is truly one of those boxes of chocolate in which “you never know what you’re gonna get…”to quote the great Forrest Gump. Go see for yourselves, I’ll be over here in the corner, eating chocolate.
Another favorite of mine was “The Typewriter,” and how could it not be? It is about a typewriter, the very thing which inspired me to create stories in the first place. The weight of the machine, the clicking and clacking of the keys, the ding as the return reaches the end of the line, all glorious aspects of the vintage machine. In this story, sweet Kendra finds a vintage typewriter at an old shop and buys it for her boyfriend, Andrew, her amazingly loving writer boyfriend. Andrew is just overjoyed by the gift and soon is clacking away on the well-oiled keys. Not only is he using it daily instead of his computer but he is twice as inspired as articles and stories seem to just flow from his fingertips. Soon he is like a man possessed, come along with me and find out what happens to “The Typewriter” in this terrifying tale.
There are many other stories to choose from in this collection and several are sure to whet your appetite for “Matters Most Macabre.” This was so well-done and each story so finely crafted that I am giving this five stars. Go get a copy today, it’s worth reading several times over.
This book represents one of those rare occasions where every story in a single author collection landed. Consequently, I can't claim to have a specific favorite because they they were all superb (though the opening tale "The Day the Stories Died" and the later "When the Joke Grows Sharp teeth" are the best execution of completely original concepts in a book full of terrific ideas) .
Reading the stories, I marveled at the fact James is only on his second book length release here. I was a big fan of his debut collection Daydreams of the Damned and he handily tops himself with this effort. His arrival in the horror genre is a revelation and I suspect a tremendous career awaits this young author. Honestly, I find his prose works with smoother efficiency than that of many of his more seasoned contemporaries. I have no doubt what we're witnessing here is the evolution of one of the luminaries of the genre moving forward.
Keep your eyes peeled for the name Tylor James., I firmly believe we'll be hearing it a lot in the years to come. In the interim, every horror fan should do themselves a favor and pick up this outstanding collection. There's no question about my rating here: Matters Most Macabre earns an entirely deserved ***** out of ***** stars. This will almost certainly be at the top of my personal year-end "best of" list. As of right now, it's the front runner for the number one spot. This has my highest recommendation.
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These short stories are fantastically written they range from creepy to kinda sad. I'm not gonna rate and review each individual story but I will tell you my favourites.
The Day The Stories Died.
The Drip.
The Typewriter.
The Thing In Gregory Thornton's Basement
Avery's Dog.
Each story is imaginative and thought provoking a couple gave me major feels. My first Tylor James read but definitely not my last.