Witherow Frightens Me

THE WORST KIND OF MONSTERS by Elias Witherow is a collection of some very sick and twisted horror stories. Even though I've read some of them previously on the Thought Catalog website, this anthology remains extremely disturbing. Many of the stories are a mix of scifi and horror. All of them are absolutely brutal:

THE TALL DOG -- family drama with demonic entity
THE HOUSE IN THE FIELD -- the most terrifying, imho, and told from a child's POV
EMPIRE SNUFF -- think Hostel mixed with Dark Web
THE GOAT ROOM -- a cult story
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH DAD -- makes Lovecraft look tame
FEED THE PIG -- short story from THE BLACK FARM world
TEN DAYS, TEN PILLS -- something very believable and has probably happened in real life
RED WEST -- more weird than scary
BLACKOUT -- reminded me of the HED PE song, The Meadow
WHERE IS MY SON? -- life in Hell
TEXTS FROM MY BROTHER -- stay away from ropes in the woods
SHIMMER -- connected to the previous story
CHROME SUNSET -- otherworldly invaders
MY FATHER, MY MONSTER -- heartbreaking family drama centered on alcoholism
BEHIND HELL -- better than the movie Stay Alive
HORSE/8MIN -- flash fiction DVD warning
DEEP, DEEP DOWN -- when you look into the abyss...
WHEN HELL COMES KNOCKING -- you are not obligated to open your door at 3AM
THE WORST KIND OF MONSTERS -- the most graphically violent story of all

If you do not read horror on a regular basis...if you are not used to graphic horror, do NOT read this anthology. I'm not trying to use reverse psychology to get people to read these stories, I am legitimately warning readers: if you are a tourist in the horror genre, stay the hell away from this one.

Witherow's imagination gives my imagination nightmares.

As always,
AstraDaemon