Joe Mynhardt is a South African writer of horror with more than 50 published short stories to his credit. He is also the owner and operator of Crystal Lake Publishing, publishers of horror and dark fantasy. Find out more at www.joemynhardt.com.
Lost In the Dark: A Collection of Short Stories contains a dozen example's of Joe's writing covering a wide variety of horror tropes.
"The Great Wall of Rubin" - Rubin, a recovering alcoholic goes to a meeting four months sober. His evening doesn't exactly go as planned.
"Beyond the Ornate Tree" - The protagonist is a grown man scared of Christmas. When he has a breakthrough with his therapist and we learn why, hell I'd be scared of Christmas, too.
"Portico" - A group of friends become trapped in an abandoned observatory with a bloody past.
"The Way Back" - A fairly entertaining story of a paranormal investigator. Inspired by watching too many episodes of Ghost Adventures.
"Always Come Back" - A twisted little tale which started as an exercise on mywriterscircle.com.
"Fashionable Undead" - I think this story may feature the most unusual use of zombies, EVER. A fun read.
"Come All To the River of Death" - Joe dreamt this story in it's entirety. The result is a mostly entertaining haunted mansion tale with a number of little twists. I loved the subtlety of the line where the Doctor says, "I managed to save your eyes."
"Forgive Me Now" - Another story that came out of a writing challenge at mywriterscircle.com about a marital spat gone awry.
"Lost In the Dark" - A young girl becomes trapped with others in a strange man's basement somewhere in a shadow infested forest where no one would dare to look for them.
"Rise, Dead Man" - A so-so story featuring grave robbing as a career choice.
"Zombie Mischief" - Pranking with zombie parts.
"The Nature of the Beast" - The collection closes with Joe's take on the werewolf tale.
Joe
has a very simple writing style, I'd have to say it's capable, but
not very challenging. As a result, so are his stories. Although, not
marketed as such, Lost In the Dark: A Collection of Short Stories
is more suited to the YA audience and can serve as an introduction to
horror for a younger audience.
Published by Crystal Lake Publishing, Lost In the Dark: A Collection of Short Stories, is available now both in paperback and e-book formats. If you subscribe to Kindle Unlimited you can read this book at no additional charge. Plus, if you are an Amazon Prime member you can read it for FREE through the Kindle Owners Lending Library.
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