There is something lurking in the darkness and Andrew Cull has captured it.
The four stories in Bones all deal with death in different ways. The sudden, untimely death of a childhood friend and how that might haunt someone years later, a small town murder and how it affects a young girl, the chilling outcome of visitations from some unknown thing in the woods, and the death of a father and the haunting consequences for a mother of three.
All of these stories weave in and out of the supernatural in that masterful way that makes you check the locks on your own door and take an extra glance at the dark shadows in the night. Here, the dead walk along another plane of existence and they aren't the people you remember.
Cull creates believable situations and characters that you want to hear from. Each story brings something new: ghosts, monsters, a different kind of narrator, but it is obvious that Cull excels at stories about family dynamics.
At the very end, there is an extra short story of just a few pages that might have actually been my favorite piece of writing in the whole book. Very impactful and such a brilliant spooky story in just a few pages.
I can't wait for more from this author! Highly recommended!
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Bones is author Andrew Cull’s debut collection of short fiction and it is pretty fantastic if you like a story where the creep factor is high and quickly settles under your skin and festers.Did You Forget About Me?A man returns to his childhood home. He, his mother and sister fled from it 23 years earlier leaving behind an abusive man to simmer in his ugliness. The trip back home brings back all of his deeply buried memories to terrify and to haunt him because some things just don’t want to stay buried.This is some immersive storytelling that is eerie and atmospheric and steeped in childhood fears, abuse and a terribly tragedy. There was no way I was putting this down once I started it because I HAD to know how it ended.Hope and Walker“We were both 10. But he was dead. And I sat drawing him”This was my favorite story in the collection. It tells the story of a young girl who grows up in the family mortuary. Is it weird that she finds it calming to say goodbye to the dead by drawing a final picture of them in her notebook? I vote no, I loved her. Some might think it’s a little morbid but it's also very sweet until one day one of the dead begins talking back to her . . .The characters are well written characters and there are some pitch dark images in this story that will linger around in my brain for a long while to come.The Trade“I was seven and that was the summer death stalked our home.”All of these stories are haunting and grounded in realism but this one hit me a little harder than the others. It’s set in the sweltering heat as a young child watches his family disintegrate knowing there’s nothing he can do about it. The feelings of helplessness and the fear of an unknown future will knock you down with its accuracy. Then the author throws a monster in the mix! A monster that is leaving dead carcasses on the doorstep and wants something in return . . .Knock And You Will See Me“We buried dad in the winter. It wasn’t until Spring that we heard from him again.”A woman’s elderly father passes away and soon after she begins to smell the stench of decay that is followed up with a note written by her dad demanding to know the reason she left him behind. Soon the notes take on an ominous tone. Is she going mad from grief or is it something far more sinister?You’ll have to read it yourownself to find out and it’s worth the read. Like all of the stories found here it is unsettling and it may rob you of sleep.The Rambling ManThis story is only four pages long but it is a disturbing little gem about sacrifice and betrayal and I loved it.This is an excellent debut and I am looking forward to whatever the author puts out next.
Top reviews from other countries
Austrian Spencer
Brilliant. Superb collection.
Reviewed in Germany on June 14, 2023
Lee Ann Oleski
Read this book! 😱
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2019
Lee Ann Oleski
Reviewed in Canada on October 29, 2019
Bones is a collection of four short stories that will terrify you. You feel like you are there, peeking around a corner seeing everything that’s happening, feeling all the emotions of each of these characters as if they were your own.
How this is a debut blows my bloody mind because it is absolutely brilliant! from the opening page I couldn’t put it down. I found myself completely oblivious to the outside world and completely absorbed in every one of these pages. Ive never liked all the stories in a collection. Until now.
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Who do I recommend this book to? Those of you who love great storytelling. Those of you who want a book you can’t put down. Those of you who don’t mind being scared out of your wits and still have you begging for more 😁. Do yourself a favor. Read this book.
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R.H.Hale
Heart-stopping and scary as hell
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2019
