A review by soniek
Walking Alone: Short Stories by Bentley Little

5.0

Since I recently discovered Bentley Little, I was delighted to read this book which is a collection of short stories of different kinds of horror. This book is right up my alley with my kind of stories. I love how Little converts a mundane, ordinary, everyday incident or scenario into an unimaginably scary situation which tugs at the reader’s deepest fears. And then there are stories which creep up during a feverish dream, or during those typical bouts of crazy imagination.

There are 27 stories, each a pretty quick read. Milk Ranch Point actually made me look behind my back as I lay listening to the audiobook in the dark, at night. Last Rodeo on the Circuit & The Man Who Watched Cartoons, made me feel a little sick. I loved the contemporary setting of Black Friday & MoNA Retrospective, Los Angeles. Pictures of Huxley was sweet & relatable as it involved death & loss of a loved one.

I absolutely loved the wide variety of these stories. Many readers complain that the stories seem incomplete. It’s like having to explain a witty joke, some dots are meant to be connected by the readers.

Overall, this is a highly recommended book for fans of horror & dark stories.