OPEN GRAVE: THE BOOK OF HORROR

written by Jeani Rector

published by PublishAmerica

ISBN-10: 1604417129

ISBN-13: 978-1604417128

reviewed by Adam Armstrong

10.03.2008

Don’t judge a book by its publisher.

Rick Evans is a college student that wants to be open to new things. Meeting a new girl, Carley, and her strange roommate, Rick finds people who are trying to talk to the dead. He decides that he can use the new experiences for an anthropology class. But when he becomes interested in séances he opens up a world that is filed with horrible things and he finds himself tied to them. Everything he has ever known is about to change for the worst and he might not be able to get out of the way.

Open Grave is a collection of nine stories and a novella, which shares the title. There are some turds floating around in the short story bowl but I find that just about any anthology will have a couple of stories that not everyone will like. A couple of stories like The Burial and Monday Night Dive were refreshing and original. The novella was interesting. A little repetitive at some points and not overly original but the writing held its own which held my attention.

It kept me reading and is worth a look: 3.5 out of 5