Storm Lake edition by Val Tobin Kelly Hartigan Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
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If you go down to the woods tonight — don't.
This gripping horror story is no teddy bears' picnic.
Thirteen-year-old Rachel and her little brother are looking forward to a weekend of canoeing and spending time with their friends up at the family cottage on Storm Lake in Ontario, Canada. But something terrifying has birthed itself from the trees, and the kids find themselves trapped in an isolated marina fighting for their lives....
Storm Lake edition by Val Tobin Kelly Hartigan Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks
I don't read horror and did not realize that was what I was getting when I picked up this short story while it was free on Kindle.That being said the story totally sucked me in the whole way. I curled further and further into a ball while reading it as each of the children's protectors failed. I was scared, terrified, and ready to put a metal room on my house by the end of the forty-one pages.
Then the writer in me started analyzing how the story was built. Classic start of normality so you care about the character and the introduction of the sinister without it being sinister - then danger is hinted at, then observed, then shown, then brutally thrust into the characters lives. A moment of slow to capture your breath and reestablish caring for these characters (far deeper than you should for a short story), then it gets worse and worse. They do everything right, but this is a horror story. Each time you think the stakes can't get any higher, they do.
If you want to figure out how to write a good horror story, this would be a wonderful one to study. Well done, Ms. Tobin. Very well done.
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Storm Lake edition by Val Tobin Kelly Hartigan Mystery Thriller Suspense eBooks Reviews
If you like stories about things lurking in the dark or in the shadows, you’re going to like this one.
I have to leave a comment for the reviewer who took away a couple of stars because he didn’t like the use of ‘European’ terms like kilometers. Really? You need to get out a bit. It’s part of the metric system which is in use in almost every country in the world.
Found and downloaded Storm Lake a few nights ago, when a bout of bad weather was heading my way, figuring I'd have something to entertain myself during when my electricity would go out.
While neither the electricity went out that night nor did I get around to reading the story until a day or two later, I don't really have much to say other than I enjoyed the story. Enough I read it in one sitting. The only other thing I'd say is I did think it's a story that was worth fleshing out a little more, both in the story itself and in sequels. Particularly with the way this story ends.
“She sat on the end of the dock and pulled off her running shoes and socks, easing bare toes into the water. Cold! She yanked them out again and then slid them back in, this time getting both feet wet to the ankles. A full-body shiver rattled her teeth, and she pulled her feet out again.”
I loved the level of detail in the first half. The author paints such a vivid picture of the action and surroundings you almost feel like you’re there. By the time her main character adjusted to the chill, MY feet were starting to feel cold.
Overall, this is a well written short piece by an author with obvious talent. My only complaint is that it should have been much longer. In the second half of the piece, the pace picks up substantially, but the details drop off. I felt that her descriptions of the “creatures” in particular would have benefited from a lot more detail. I must also admit that I wasn’t entirely satisfied with the ending. I wanted more.
A short story, that gets to the horror element fairly early on. It's basically about a family who goes on a holiday to a lake they've been to before, but as they draw nearer to their destination, things are different then they usually are. A kid is missing, so is a dog and the sounds of numerous animals that can usually be heard just aren't there. What is the cause of this. It won't be long before the family finds out.
It's a fairy good story, the ending is very open ended though, I didn't need the storyline to finish or wrap up but would have liked a bit more for the alive characters than what we have here. The way it is, the short story could easily become a much longer novel down the track if the author chose to turn it into one.
Nice eerie story to read while the power is out! ) We had a tornado this week and so I caught up on some reading, and boy am I glad I chose this one. The story opens with a family on it's way to visit a cabin by a lake--the typical "Mom, he has stinky feet" of sibling interactions connects the reader with the characters right away. I could here the "are we there yet" type of annoyances all families face in this situation. Upon arriving at their destination, the family is informed a young child went missing while under the supervision of both her parents. Soon other strange occurrences begin, and of course, bad cell phone reception in a wooded area causes issues.
This is a fast paced, suspenseful story that draws you in. I did not notice the "over use of British terms" one reviewer complained about. In no way did it distract from the reading for me, so perhaps that was just one reader's experience. The only thing I could say that I would have liked was for this story to be a bit longer. Such a well written piece could easily become an 80k novel, or perhaps a serial? Will definitely be checking out more from this intriguing author.
This chilling short story moves along and doesn't miss a beat. I particularly liked the impeccable timing of it - after the opening, where a happy, carefree family is shown going on their lakeside holiday, the sinister element is introduced at the perfect moment, and this sense of timing worked throughout the story. It's an element often overlooked in fiction, but timing has a great deal to do with how well a story works, particularly a short story, and Tobin has it down to a T.
Also of note were the admirable restraint shown in the depiction of the monsters and of the terrible violence, a restraint that allows the horror of the story to shine through in all its chilling fullness. Based on this short story, I'd say Tobin is a seasoned writer who knows her craft, and I'll certainly be reading more of her work.
I don't read horror and did not realize that was what I was getting when I picked up this short story while it was free on .
That being said the story totally sucked me in the whole way. I curled further and further into a ball while reading it as each of the children's protectors failed. I was scared, terrified, and ready to put a metal room on my house by the end of the forty-one pages.
Then the writer in me started analyzing how the story was built. Classic start of normality so you care about the character and the introduction of the sinister without it being sinister - then danger is hinted at, then observed, then shown, then brutally thrust into the characters lives. A moment of slow to capture your breath and reestablish caring for these characters (far deeper than you should for a short story), then it gets worse and worse. They do everything right, but this is a horror story. Each time you think the stakes can't get any higher, they do.
If you want to figure out how to write a good horror story, this would be a wonderful one to study. Well done, Ms. Tobin. Very well done.
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