PopHorror Let's Get Scared
How many of you out there enjoy Shakespeare? I always looked forward to Shakespeare in my English courses. I’m not saying I always understood everything, but I always and still do appreciate and am enthralled with Shakespeare. So, when I found Crystal Lake Publishing and Monstrous Books collection of short stories and sonnets based on his works titled Shakespeare Unleashed, I was intrigued. Once I read the contributor list, that sealed the deal and I wanted to read this book. Let’s find out more about this book and my thoughts on this book.
Synopsis:
From the blood of Macbeth and the ghosts of Hamlet, to the dark fantasy of The Tempest and the twisted love of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare Unleashed reimagines the Bard’s greatest works as short horror stories…as well as horror sonnets.
With new stories by Ian Doescher, Hailey Piper, Gwendolyn Kiste, Tim Waggoner, Jonathan Maberry, Lee Murray, Seanan McGuire, John Palisano, Philip Fracassi, Geneve Flynn, Simon Bestwick, Lisa Morton, Gemma Files, Steve Rasnic Tem, Epiphany Ferrell, James Chambers, JG Faherty, Dan Coxon, Donna J. W. Munro, Marisca Pichette, Amanda Dier, Kenneth W. Cain, Zachary Rosenberg, Jo Kaplan, Joe R. Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale.
Dark sonnets by Jessica McHugh, Alessandro Manzetti, Linda D. Addison, Lucy A. Snyder, Stephanie M. Wytovich, Sara Tantlinger, Vince A. Liaguno, Maxwell I. Gold, Michael Nethercott, Ahlissa Eichhorn, Megan Kiekel Anderson, Mary Berman, Lindy Ryan, Rebecca Cuthbert, L. Marie Wood, Stephanie Ellis, and Cindy O’Quinn.
And an introduction by Weston Ochse.
Proudly represented by both Crystal Lake Publishing and Monstrous Books.
My Thoughts:
I’ll start out with, you do not need to know much Shakespeare or be a Shakespeare super aficionado to enjoy these “fun size” horror treasures. I believe both die hard and casual fans will enjoy this book. I truly enjoyed all of the stories and the sonnets were top notch. There isn’t a bad one in the bunch. There is variety and so many different twists and takes on his works. The creativity is amazing. I liked the modern telling of these tales, you will breeze through this book much easier than stumbling through Shakespeare‘s work. It is fresh and worth the read.
This is the second book in the “Unleashed” series. The first book is Classic Monsters Unleashed. I haven’t read that one yet, but it is loaded to my Kindle for reading. Both Unleashed books are available on Amazon. Be sure to check them out.
Has anyone read either of these books? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!
