SLANDER HALL by Matthew Tait has some great concepts, but I think this cult horror story would've been better as a full-length novel to allow room for more character development, more background stories, etc...the team meets up at the site of a mass suicide and five minutes later, they're getting picked off one by one, only to have the story take on a completely different theme at the very end. Entertaining, but rushed.
DOLL STEAK is a bonus short story included afterwards, which I found far more terrifying than SLANDER HALL. Definitely a must-read.
TERRICA is another bonus story, and even more horrific than the previous two.
I enjoyed these stories more than Tait's BROKEN HIGHWAY or THE DEVIL'S PLAYTHING. He seems to work better with character's fears, rather than the characters.
As always,
AstraDaemon
