A Six-Pack of Horror by Peggy McFarland
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Peggy McFarland's stories have been (or will be) published (soon) at FlashShot, Long Story Short, Everyday Weirdness, Absent Willow Review, Sonar 4 E-Zine, hoi polloi III, Harbinger*33, WordSlaw, 6SV1 and 6SV2. Her full 6S catalog is here.
20091030
Just a Bad Dream
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A creepy and wondrous collection of spine-tinglers from one of Six's best. Great work from Peggy. A great way to wake up. Now that I've seen Peggy's dark side, I feel like going back to bed and pulling the covers over my head and saying: "It was just a bad dream!" Highly recommended!
Like tales from the crypt, these are marvelously dark and delightful...though if ever asked, I might have to decline a dinner invitation to your house.
Wickedly grand Peggy. Each a morsel of macabre, dank darkness. Deadly Assumptions is my fav!
peggy.. so many excellent phrases, so many delightful plots... i can't choose one.
okay, i can... "having guests for dinner"?
AHAHAHAHA!!! it was a hoot.
Peggy, a superb collection of stories, each one chilling in its own way. 'Heed The Warning' was my personal favourite, I am just a sucker for urban legends and barrow-wights. Congratulations on a perfect 6!
Well done - a nice, chilling collection. Particularly enjoyed HEED THE WARNING and FOLLOWING ORDERS. Each story was wickedly strong, dark, and vividly descriptive. A strong six from one of 6S's best!
KM
Great work, Peggy. My favorite is “A New Cookbook” since I’m biased toward stories involving food/cooking and using the form of recipe instructions as story narrative (and thanks for the creepy twist on that). I love the opening line of the “Following Orders” six: “Al drive Spike to the abandoned cabin to shoot him; one less loose end.” It doesn’t get more pointed than that. “Heed the Warning” is good too with its use of urban legend. When I reread it, I couldn’t help inserting my name in place of Ray’s, as this is how I would probably write such a story. Congrats!
Jeanette Cheezum
Perfect for his time of the year. I loved them all. However,I don't advise anyone to eat at your house or go barefoot in your yard. Where did you say you got your ingredients.
Yuck! I feel sick. But in a good way. Compellingly horrible and hugely entertaining stories.
Good collection of stories featuring men as meat. That's the Halloween spirit. "Following Orders" was my favorite, but they're all, er, tasty treats.
I liked "Following Orders" best. It had wonderful wordplay symmetry: "Fell, fell, felt..." and "following orders."
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