Review by Karen Richards, Author
The Devil’s Grave: A Collection of Short Crime & Horror Stories by @renaaliston and the first book in her The Devil’s Reign Series. This collection was my baptism into the flash fiction genre and it didn’t disappoint.
Aliston is superb at story-telling when it comes to creating vivid, macabre imagery in short form, even the shortest story, pulls you in and leaves you a little shaken at the end. For me the longer pieces is where Aliston truly shines, setting the scene, building the suspense and shocking you (wow, did some of those stories take a turn, my crime show addiction was no match to those plot twists)
This collection touches on the supernatural, fantasy and a little too much reality for some. It was dark and macabre and not really a genre I saw myself reading but the more I read, the more I wanted. It comes with plenty of trigger warnings but it certainly doesn’t warn you, you about to be shaken and stirred.
Definitely one for the horror lovers, macabre lovers and flash fiction lovers of the world.
