Hellbound Highway: Anthology of Traveling Terror

Happy Tuesday, fellow readers! I hope that you are doing well. This weather continues to be crazy here and has led to another bought of pneumonia starting. It's okay though, I caught it early and the medicines are working. It's a good thing that I finished this reading equivalent of a marathon in time to bring it to you. Who doesn't love a good anthology? And since I'm stuck recovering, what better topic than traveling? So, please join me in checking out this unique horror anthology "Hellbound Highway: Anthology of Traveling Terror" published by Hellbound Books and curated by Jane Nightshade and Ann O'Mara Heyward.

Before we dive in, I'll give you the laundry list of trigger warnings. Please keep in mind these are for the whole anthology and each story is different.

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Clean

Trigger Warnings:

Death

Murder

Dismemberment

Alcoholism

Kidnapping

Past trauma

Blood/gore

Mental health

Drugs

Abuse

Child abuse

Arson

Mentions of rape

Suicide

Theft

Divorce

War

Explicit language

Bullying

I told you it's a laundry list. With 28 different short horror stories, it kind of has to be. Each story collected in the anthology centers on travel in some form whether it's by car, on foot, by train, or by plane. The stories are varied and sometimes unexpected, which is always nice while reading. I am only going over some highlights so as not to spoil it for anyone.

I noted 11 of the 28 stories as 5 star. Out of those 11, most of the ones that I enjoyed the best were psychological horror. I enjoy a good mental twist. If you can give me something that I didn't expect or something that I need to puzzle together as we go, you have me hooked. There were a few stories like "Salvation (In the Eyes of the True Lord)" by David Bartlett, "Yellow Car" by SJ Townend, "Horsemen" by Mason Gallaway, and "The Hitchhiker" by Damon Nomad that really brought the twists and that good psychological horror.

Other stories of note for me are "Brutal" by Elden Litchfield and "Not Much Left" by D.C. Kugtima. The first lives up to it's title, big time. I'm a fan of the pitch black darkness so I especially enjoyed this one. The second has a post apocalyptic feel without losing the classic horror of a good chase. It was brutal in it's own way, and I loved it.

Some of the other tales just didn't have that it factor for me with some being too short or just not scary. However, you may like the ones I didn't, which is part of the beauty of an anthology.

Here is my official review.

"Hellbound Highway: Anthology of Traveling Terror" hosts 28 different short stories centered around traveling. The stories vary in horror levels which leaves something for every kind of horror enthusiast. If you want some new camp fire tales to creep out your friends, this anthology will certainly do the trick. If you are easily spooked, you might not want to read it while traveling, though.

If you are ready to travel into some horror, you can get "Hellbound Highway: Anthology of Traveling Terror" here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1966296223/

That does it for me for this week, dear readers. Please join me again next week for another wonderful recommendation. Until then, curl up with a good book.