An engrossing and entertaining collection of creepy stories, well written and with the right creepy factor.
I liked them and discovered some interesting and new to me authors.
Recommended!
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine.

MIDNIGHT IN THE GRAVEYARD is a horror anthology that includes twenty-five short stories written by my favorite authors, works by authors who are new to me, and opens with an introduction by Jonathan Janz.

The anthology opens with one of my favorite short stories, written by an author whose writing is new to me, Shannon Felton’s, ‘Devil’s Dip.’

I enjoyed reading all of the short stories in this book, those that stood out to me the most, in no particular order, are:

‘Tug Of War’ – by Chad Lutzke

‘Justin’s Favorite’ – by Jeremy Hepler

‘Drown’ – by Hunter Shea

‘Those Who Are Terrified’ – by Elizabeth Massie

‘Russian Dollhouse’ – by Jason Parent

‘Join My Club’ – by Somer Canon

‘Ghost Blood’ – by Kelli Owen

‘Last Call at the Sudden Death Saloon’ – by Allan Leveron

‘Swamp Vengeance’ – by Brian Moreland

‘Portrait’ – by Keaton Patrick Burke

‘Dog Days’ – by Kenneth W. Cain

‘Cool For Cats’ – by William Meikle

‘Sawmill Road’ – by Ronald Kelly

‘Bettor’s Edge’ – by Tim Meyer

‘The Graveyard’ – by Lee Mountford

‘Haunted World’ – by Robert McCammon

By far, one of the funniest lines I’ve read in a long while:

‘Oh course, we’d seen ghosts before, just like everybody else in the world had by then, but Will Shakespeare sittin’ in your den watchin’ Cross-Wits on TV is a damn peculiar sight.’

Thank you, NetGalley and Silver Shamrock Publishing, for providing me with an advanced copy of MIDNIGHT IN THE GRAVEYARD in exchange for an honest review.

A mediocre collection of short stories. Most were predictable. Some borderline cliché. However as quick read and suitably macabre for this time of year.

ARC provided for free through Netgalley for my honest opinion.

Thankyou to NetGalley, Silver Shamrock Publishing and the author, Robert McCammon, for the opportunity to read a digital copy of Midnight In The Graveyard in exchange for an honest and unbiased opinion.
This was a spine tingling compilation of scary short stories. I enjoyed reading this book immensely.
Well worth a read for fans of the genre.

My goal for this October was to read as many scary books as possible. It is a goal which I have so far met more or less with the assistance of both KU and Netgalley. This, the latest from Silver Shamrock publishing, is pretty much a classic anthology for the season. The publishers are relatively new, although I did read a pretty good James Newman novella by them already, and it seems like they are determined to deliver great quality by sticking with the well known genre entities. Which is certainly a safe way of doing things, not to mention it virtually eliminates quality control. All of which is to say this anthology featured well written stories by well recognized names. I was familiar with most of the authors and the couple of names that didn’t ring an immediate bell were nevertheless accomplished genre veterans. With such an impressive line up the overall effect was almost uniform. I mean, yeah, you can differentiate insomuch as Burke will deliver something poetic, Everson will go for raunchy (although here’s he’s almost restrained), Massie will offer subtle beauty, Kelly’s gonna go for a Southern Fried tale and so on, but in general very homogenous sort of even keel anthology. A lot of the stories featured kids, some of the stories indeed featured graveyards. Reviewing short story collections isn’t exactly my forte, I tend to offer an opinion on the entire thing, forgetting individual entries, but the opinion on the entire thing is definitely favorable. I do wish I had the time to read more of these spooky tales at night since this is a genre that mixes with daylight about as much as vampires, but even with the sun shining in the bright blue skies, there are enough disturbing, demented frights in this collection to delight the fans. Recommended. Thanks Netgalley.

Silver Shamrock Publishing decided to swing for the fences with this anthology and boy did they hit a home run. All of the boxes for horror fans are checked off here and how you wouldn’t want to read this is beyond me.
Let’s run the list shall we?
Fantastic cover art done by Elderlemon Design aka Kealan Patrick Burke? Check.
Foreword written by one of the nicest guys out there (and a decent writer some would say), Jonathan Janz? Check.
A who’s who of authors contributing stories that are great reads buts also creepy as all get out? Check.
The table of contents of this thing reads like a bestseller’s list on Amazon, even including the giant of horror that is Robert R. McCammon. I would wager that the number of Bram Stoker nominations and wins in this collection is close to being the most in a single release in some time.
With a list of so many great authors, I found all of the stories very enjoyable.
I’ll highlight a few that really creeped me out or connected with me.
‘Sawmill Road’ – Ronald Kelly. What a great creepy story. I loved the folklore/small town gossip aspect of what happened to create the bones of this story. Having grown up in a town with sawmills and logging, there were always a few stories floating around about severed limbs and gruesome deaths.
‘Justin’s Favorite’ – Jeremy Hepler. Good grief did this one give me the heebie jeebies. Hepler packs a novels worth of chills into a short story here. I dug the ‘first time owning a house together’ aspect and as things started to unravel, he kept his foot firmly on the gas.
‘Drown’ – Hunter Shea. I adored this story of a ghost chaser struggling with possibly losing her powers. The dynamic of the couple was great and the setting was fantastic. The ending worked fantastically and I’d love to read more about these two.
‘Portrait’ – Kealan Patrick Burke. Not only did KPB design a stunning cover, but he also delivers a stunning story. I really loved the way this one unfurled and Kealan once again shows just why he’s one of my favorite authors.
My top story, the one that I really need to highlight here was ‘Join My Club’ by Somer Canon.
This one was emotional, devastating and if every other story kept the scary at 100, this one sat firmly at 200. A small child dealing with horrible parents finds a possible friend in the shed outside.
At one point while reading this, I was lying in bed with my son asleep beside me. Right at a pivotal point, our heating kicked in and how my bladder didn’t let go is anyone’s guess. Well done – you almost literally scared the crap out of me.
Overall, this is a stellar collection and after having read some novels/novellas from Silver Shamrock already, it’s great to see that they can deliver a stunning anthology.
This is truly a must read for all horror fans and I think this will be an anthology that people rave about for many, many years to come.

** This review will be featured on Kendall Reviews! **

Editor Kenneth W. Cain collated an outstanding collection in this volume, from new authors to up-and-comers to the long-established. Every story is significantly scary, and as the Introduction by author Jonathan Janz recommends: Don't read at night. I concur. Even reading these in the daytime is scary enough; reading at night is asking for Nightmares.


MIDNIGHT IN THE GRAVEYARD is the debut of Silver Shamrock Publishing (release October 15 2019).

My thanks, to Silver Shamrock publishing and Netgalley for the chance to read and review.
I've had terrific luck this year with Anthologies, and this one was no different!
I loved just about every one of these tales. That's a rarity. Also, the very few a didn't love, I still enjoyed. Usually I start getting bored with an anthology, and that leads to irritation. This didn't happen once! There are some genuinely creepy stories in here. This book comes with my highest recommendation!

Dance macabre, that's what Midnight in the graveyard is. Some of the stories in the book deserve to be full-fledged novels with more of the background stories of the events that led to the horrors. This is one of the best horror anthologies I’ve read in a long time. The stories are a perfect balance of sad endings and spooky horrors. Some are such hard punch emotionally that you can’t, but stop reading for a bit. Overall, a well-curated book which is bound to do the rounds and remain as one loved anthology in the horror genre.

A scary book seems like required reading for October, and this one was a decent choice. I loved the variety in this collection. There were a few 2-star stories, but most of the stories were unique and highly entertaining. Due to some of the content and the fact that most of the stories contained profanity, I'd recommend this only for adults.

My favorite stories from this book were:
The Putpocket
The Glimmer Girls
Sawmill Road

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC of this book. A book full of great authors and terrific stories. I enjoyed every single one. A perfect book to wolf down around Halloween. Recommended to all!

As with most collections, there are some good stories and some not so good. With this collection they were mainly good. A fine collection of horror and suspense that keeps the reader always in wait for the next story. This a collection which I would recommend to all who like horror and suspense.

Midnight in the Graveyard by Robert McCammon -- 4 Stars
Silver Shamrock Publishing
ISBN: 9781951043025

What caught my attention was the name Robert McCammon. I’ve been a long time fan of his writing and the one story of his that is included in the book does not disappoint. The other stories are entertaining. There are lots of ghosts and surprising conclusions. Each story is unique. The collection is spooky and a little scary. Its release is perfectly timed for Halloween. Like all anthologies, some stories are really good and others are okay, but all were fun to read.

Reviewer: Nancy

This is a good collection of short stories for a twelve year old, minus the bad language. Also I would recommend to someone who likes their horror on the light side.

Review Copy

Like horror stories? Like ghost stories? Like stories that aren't the same ol' same ol? Then grab MIDNIGHT IN THE GRAVEYARD now. Like right now. The table of contents is a who's who of the horror industry and tells you more than I ever could. While there were admittedly a couple of less than 5 star stories, there were only a couple. The rest were we so insanely terrific that this anthology tops my list of must re-reads each Halloween.

Don't miss out. Highly recommended.

I received a copy of the book for an honest review from Netgalley.

This book has 25 short horror stories. I found most of them well written and I enjoyed the book. The stories I did not enjoy is because it was one of those moments when you are in ahh and have not figured out what you just read. If you enjoy short horror stories this book would be for you. In the introduction Johnathan Janz wrote that this book would be as good as a Stephen King book and that is not the case. I could not compare this book at all to Stephen Kings writings.

Just in time for Halloween, this anthology of classic spooky stories from the likes of Robert McCammon, William Meikle, Hunter Shea and more guarantees readers a sleepless night