Title: Like a boatload of bloody popcorn
Product review: As far as horror is concerned, I prefer short stories to full-length novels, but they can be TOO short. Every story in this collection is only 1-2 pages long - they have to be, to fit 365 stories in a book of reasonable size. As a result, unless you are an extremely slow reader, none of them provide enough time to build up the suspense. There are a few exceptions - some really good stories which did manage to chill me, - but they are exceptions, not the rule. Simply put, a short short story is a very difficult format in any genre, including horror, and very few writers can pull it off. Reading just one at a time, as the subtitle suggests ("Get your daily dose of terror") leaves only the impression of "Huh?". Reading many at a sitting is like eating a boatload of popcorn - it felt good going down, but left you empty afterwards. Except that some of this "popcorn" is more than a little bloody - actual snacking while reading this book is not recommended.
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