| Title | : | Grave Robbers |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780615780429 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 276 |
| Publication | : | First published February 28, 2013 |
The work is heavy and sweat drip-drips on ancient wood, twinge of fear, is a caretaker around? Or do the rotten corpses beneath us twist and turn, annoyed at least at us disturbing their peace.
Is it our imagination or did that skull really grin at us? No matter, its teeth are gold, rings and money interred make for a profitable night, which is by no means over yet and plenty of graves to desecrate.
Hurry now, the midnight hour is nigh and though we fear no ghost or dancing skeleton, the witching time can bring forth our deepest fears and make them real.
Clock strikes twelve and suddenly the Necropolis seems larger than life. Mausoleums shudder with morbid expectation and fresh graves shiver with deadly anticipation, not for us to enter, or dig, but to leave behind our earthly shells and join the ever swelling ranks of those that ceased to exist.
With more than ordinary haste we march along the rows of stones, each darker and more threatening than the last, until at last our way is barred. The gates of dark iron might well be the gates of Hell, like fingers of bone stretching up, ready to grab our very souls.
They say the dead lie still, that they care not for their riches, that they cannot hurt the living.
Never had there been such fright and now we lie still, finally at rest on an ancient tomb, our eyes stare up, seeing only the coins that come in pairs…
Grave Robbers Reviews
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OK, disclaimer first: I wrote two pieces in this anthology.
I recently reviewed the 'Hell' anthology by the same publisher, JWKfiction, and the format is nice and recognizable. The paperback is neatly done, the cover by Paul Chapman is spooky and really captures the atmosphere of the stories in the book.
Poetry usually doesn't hold my interest, but the piece called 'The Resurrection Man' by James S. Dorr was quite interesting. In the flash fiction department I most liked 'Buried Beast' by Matthew Wilson, which had a nice Mythos feeling to it. The short story section takes up around 60 percent of the book and it contains a variety of grave robber stories, with many different takes on the theme. Overall the quality of the stories is reasonable to good, with three stories that really stood out for me personally. Not in any particular order, I really liked Sean T. Page's 'The Marsh People', which shows us a well researched 19th century England that holds many ancient secrets. I recently reviewed Sean's 'The Black Caliphate', which showed the same level of attention to historical and geographical detail. Another favorite from this anthology is 'Angel's Grave' by Chantal Noordeloos, a ghastly tale of things that go 'bump' inside the coffin. The last tale of the anthology belongs to Timothy Frasier and is called 'Necrofreaks' and it is freaky and a worthy conclusion of this anthology.
The editor, James Ward Kirk, has created yet another great collection of poetry and prose around an interesting theme. Here's hoping he will continue the good work.
