“So now, after all this time—all these years-what scares me? Not telling stories. What scares you?”

Straight to the point, no glamour, bare bones horror. These are *snapshots* of flash fiction. Brief scenes of larger stories. A big undertaking in 2-4 pages each, sometimes less. The real power in this collection is the art. Haun’s talent as an illustrator knows no bounds, but unfortunately there is something to be said for substance. There were a few cosmic horror stories sprinkled in here, and a few connected pieces, that I would have adored to read fleshed out. But, that wasn’t the point of this collection.

I do understand the concept of the work and the “removal of the third act” idea. Falling into a story like dropping out of the sky to land and bear witness to whatever atrocities are occurring in your surroundings is horrifying! But, the brief blips of context, story after story, became derivative and flat, and not punchy and impactful like the author intended.

3/5 I’m not sure that the kind of emotions the creator was trying to pull from the audience was consistent in this format. Art was sublime though!