Tiny Nightmares: Very Short Stories of Horror

Great collection of imaginative short stories. I enjoyed the short reads when time is limited with a busy schedule . Look forward to more Tiny Nightmares in the future!

A number of the stories were quite good. There were a few where the extreme brevity left me hanging or a bit confused but I really enjoyed the book.

These very short stories are rather entertaining and good timekillers. There majority were enjoyable...I may have disliked 3 of them. That isn't bad for an anthology.

The concept of this book is really cool: each horror story is 1,500 words or less. The results are a mixed bag; some of the stories are excellent and some are meh. On the bright side, each story is only a few pages so if one is not your cuppa it is over soon.

Superb writing, well worth it

This book...where to begin...it's pretty terrible. The stories are weird, most aren't scary and several are downright bizarre (but not in a cool way) and do not make any sense whatsoever. The critics have lost their dang minds.

I’m constantly impressed by the power of short stories to do so much with so little. There have been times (especially in the last few years) when I was having a hard time reading anything, only for a collection of short stories to come along and remind me of their power. This collection is one of them. So many good stories. So many of them close to perfection.

Collections of short stories are always hard to rate. As always, I thought some stories were stronger than others, but I enjoyed it overall, and there's a lot of serious writing talent for you to discover.My favorites, all well-written and creepy:Guess, by Meg Elison, about a woman who knows how people will die.Unbeknownst, by Matthew Vollmer, about a man for whom time literally stops.Lone, by Jac Jemc, about a woman camping alone.Fingers, by Rachel Heng, about grasping somethings in the mud.We Came Here for Fun, by Alana Mohamed, a very disturbing visit to a friend's apartment. Rather more ooh-gross than I generally prefer, but profound beyond the story.Caravan, by Pedro Iniguez, about people disappearing along the difficult journey northHuman Milk for Human Babies, by Lindsay King-Miller, about two women who meet on an internet forum for new mothers.My second tier of favorites, some a little more surreal or inconclusive than I like, but all interesting:Grimalkin, by Andrew F Sullivan, about a grandmother witch who demands a lot after death.Twenty-First Century Vetala, by Amrita Chakraborty, about a being who possesses bodies.We've Been in Enough Places to Know, by Corey Farrenkopf, about an apartment complex that has rather creepy problems.Lifeline, by J.S. Breukelaar, about someone who goes to a fortune teller and regrets it.The Blue Room, by Lena Valencia, about a demon living in an art installation.Pipeworks, by Chavisa Woods, about a kid who hears scary things no one else can…but those horrors turn out not to be as scary as real life.The Resplendence of Disappearing, by Iván Parra Garcia, translated by Allana C. Noyes, a quietly creepy piece including birds that maybe aren't.The Unhaunting, by Kevin Nguyen, about a man who wants to be haunted by his dead wife.Carbon Footprint, by Shelly Oria, about a rash of subway killings.Katy Bars the Door, by Richie Narvaez, about a woman in an unhappy marriage when everything goes to pot.The Mask, the Ride, the Bag, by Chase Burke, about a terrible ride-share experience.The rest of the stories just weren't as much my cup of tea. Some had a creepy feel or a good premise but fizzled at the end. Others were a touch too gory or gross for my liking (I prefer my horror creepy and unsettling). Others were too surreal to know (or really care) what exactly was happening. Some people will love these stories, though, just for the reason I didn't love them.Altogether, it's a really good collection with a broad range of premises and styles, and I loved how short each story was. Even if you don't have much time, you can easily read a story (or two or five) in one sitting.