Quarter to Midnight: Fifteen Tales of Horror and Suspense | 
The name Darcy Coates is inescapable to contemporary horror readers. Although there are no big publishing marketing firms behind her, Coates has largely built her reputation through a prolific output & by word of mouth. Quarter to Midnight is my first experience with her work. A collection of linked horror stories, which I love as a format. As for the stories themselves: Coates loves to play with tropes. There are stories about vampires, (CONT)
vivastory ghosts, creepy kids, serial killers, mannequins, I'm not knocking her for this. I think that the appeal of this book, outside of being linked stories, is knowing her strengths. This is cozy horror. This is like Goosebumps for adults where much of the violence & gore happens off the page, My favorite line in the book: “What the hell sort of hazing is this? Jasmine rubbed at her arms as goose bumps rose over them. I'm trying tp join (CONT) 2mo
vivastory a book club, not a cult.“ I was occasionally reminded of Twilight Zone while reading this & I would recommend one episode in particular if you do read this. The creepy “After Hours“ episode. Is Coates a new favorite author of mine? No. Will I read more by her? Yes! Y'all, Horror fiction has range. 2mo
Branwen Okay, this literally sounds like the perfect horror for me! 🥰 2mo
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thegirlwiththelibrarybag Goosebumps for adults… sounds about my speed 2mo
vivastory @Branwen I think you'd dig it! 2mo
vivastory @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Hope you like it! 2mo
RohitSawant Will be checking this out! 2mo
Reggie Ughh, I read 2 by her and I was meh about her. But I do love me some short stories. Maybe I‘ll give this a try. 1mo
vivastory @Reggie They were def. tropey, but I had fun with it 1mo
