Nightfall and Other Dangers

by Jacob Steven Mohr

Overview

A flyboy volunteers for a suicide mission with a copilot from beyond the stars. A painter's body is possessed by a malevolent force to render a likeness of its hellish beloved. Hundreds of adults mysteriously drown themselves along a one-mile stretch of beach. Two bandits mistakenly steal a severed head-and inherit a nightmare.

These and more are the narratives within Nightfall & Other Dangers: stories of ecstasy and terror, memory and madness. Quietly apocalyptic, intimately brutal, and above all else devilishly frightening, this is the beginning of the Nightfall, from which there is no reprieve of dawn.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781685100841
Publisher:	JournalStone
Publication date:	04/07/2023
Pages:	186
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.43(d)

Editorial Reviews

03/27/2023

Mohr (The Unwelcome) demonstrates his range in his chilling debut collection of 15 horror shorts. The author’s love for building thickly spooky atmospheres and talent for never over-explaining his scares shine across the strongest tales. A standout is the revolting yet peculiarly elegant “A Real Likeness,” in which an art student chooses a dangerous muse and learns the truth about her horrifying beauty. Other winners put fresh angles on classic setups: the epistolary “The Panic” follows a reporter covering a mysterious mass drowning, “Mister Mickenzie” centers on a childhood game that awakens something sinister and unstoppable, and “The Machete at the End of the World” takes the unkillable slasher villain trope to an entertainingly extreme conclusion. This inventiveness, however, makes the collection’s low points feel lower by comparison: particularly stale is the fatphobic “The Last Supper,” which plays up descriptions of its characters’ appetites for shock value. Still, when Mohr lets himself loose, he proves himself a writer to watch. (May)

Publishers Weekly