Will M.'s Reviews > Dark Screams: Volume One

I received an arc from Netgalley

Dark Screams is a collection of short stories from various authors. One of those authors would be Stephen King, and he's one of my favorites. I tried my best not to be biased about the novel just because he wrote one of the short stories, and in the end, his story was not even my favorite of them all.

There were 5 short stories, and 4 of them were really great short reads. The only bad one would be The Watched. I didn't enjoy it at all. Flat characters and boring plot. My favorite though would have to be Murder in Chains. It was the most exciting one and I even felt sorry for the main character. The other 3 were also good reads. This would be the very first "anthology" that I really enjoyed. I can't wait for volume 2 [if ever there will be one].

Short stories are the hardest to review, and I decided not to do an in depth review of each one. All you have to know is that this felt more like a thriller than horror. I still haven't read a novel that can garner the title of horror. 4/5 stars, because I hated the last story, and I can't really push myself to give this one a 5. It was not as astounding as I was hoping, but it was still a great read nonetheless.