i love short horror works, and this splatterpunk was super great and would be worth a nice recommendation from me

I struggled reading this one. I have been in a reading slump and did not give it the time it deserved. I will try again later!

I really enjoyed this selection of short stories. This author is creative and definitely has a gift for the ominous. I liked that they were so varied and really offered something so different. Thanks for the ARC, NetGalley. I will definitely be reading more from this author.

Mr. Man has been going around and writing like a fucking pro for years now. This dude rocks.
I have a weird attachment to Glenn, and all the blame can be put on him and his awfully strange books!
I confess that I quit about 5 years ago. Not because of Glenn or anyone. I was just tired.
Nice to know that even though I'm still tired, Glenn has been writing "all his stories,.for the day I returned!"
Hah! So that's a load of poo..curious how many believed this!
It's Glenn Rolfe. The man can tell a damn good story. He's also a pretty damned good friend.

I'm always happy to try out work from Glenn Rolfe. This was a solid collection. Some stories were better than others but I had a good experience overall.

Fun and quick but may turn some heads. The characters popped and the lead up and the end were pretty awesome. My only complaint is that I wanted it longer!!!!4 well deserved stars and a definite read on the next book

We love a short story. We love the horror. This was really good. Love a wide range of short stories - how the range of lengths! That was really great. Loads of short stories in this that I’d love to read more of!

Thank you Encyclopocalypse Publications, Netgalley and Glenn Rolfe for the eArc of Nocturnal Pursuits.

I loved the selection of splatterpunk stories in Nocturnal Pursuits. Each story has a theme from aliens to lake fungus to werwolf stories. They all gelled very well together in the order. They are graphic, well described gore which I really find a fun, if not gross read sometimes.

4 stars

Well! What a weird and deliciously grotesque little book! If you love 80s horror, like Fear Street, this one if for you.

Admittedly, I did struggle with some of the gory stories since I didn't properly read the description before reading and quickly realised this was a splatterpunk collection 🤦‍♀️🤣

That said, anyone who loves that genre is going to 100% eat this up! Pun intended? Maybe...

I wanted to like this so bad but I just didn’t,I only liked maybe two of the stories. Maybe this one just isn’t for me!

Thank you NetGalley and to the publishers for giving me this arc in exchange for my honest review!

This was a delightful, disgusting read. Rolfe’s selection of short stories ranged from viscous, slash-happy splatterpunk to eerie, unsettling explorations of grief. Great for readers with a strong stomach and a love of 80’s horror movies and music. My favorite stories include Something in the Water, Kelvin’s World, and Comfortably Numb.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Seemingly ordinary things take a sinister turn in these stories. Woods that seem to draw people for a dangerous purpose. A party thrown by someone you would never expect to have one. Chilling creepy stories for a dark night.

I stopped at 24%, I've had my fill of misogynistic and homophobic werewolves and self centered hard case male characters. Unfortunately I'll be stopping here for these reasons and some frustration with the stories being on the less fun side of schlock from the beginning.

It's always fun and surprising jumping into work from Glenn Rolfe. I say that because he has a way to blend the lines of genres and just bringing you a lot of entertainment.
This is no exception. Short stories from the mind of Rolfe will take you on many journeys you may not come back from.
Highly recommended.

Collection of short stories about splatterpunks, extreme horror, light horror, drama, suspense and diving into deep thoughts of humanity.

This is my first Glenn Rolfe book that I have read and thanks to Net Galley and Encyclopocalypse Publications for giving me an ARC of this ebook.

All the stories here are fun to read very strong in prose but others were unforgettable and I'm trying to understand it although I can't.

Some of the strongest which I enjoyed was:
-Orson's Gas N' Go
-Everett
-Something in the Water
-Molly
and the story that made me cry and hits my heart "The Guide".

I’ve read all of Glenn Rolfe’s novels and tore through each one with evil glee. I always look forward to checking out anything new by him.

I’ve never read any of his short stories so I was very happy to receive a review copy of Nocturnal Pursuits from Netgalley.

After reading it, I am happy to confirm that his shorter fiction is just as good as his longer works. Many short story collections suffer from having a few duds, but this was all killer, no filler.
A solid collection of dark fiction.

Thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for providing this ebook.

Nasty bunch of stories

Wellll...this was a creepy, nasty assortment of 15 short horror stories (14 horror stories and 1 grieving story).

Usually I'll read a single author's collection of short stories and pick out a couple that I liked and the rest are kind of ho hum. Author Glenn Rolfe gives us readers a strong showing of his work here in Nocturnal Pursuits because I enjoyed most of the collection.

There's a dank lake story (I hate swimming in water where I can't see the bottom and this story rolled my stomach). There's a couple of creepy doll stories, a story with a cult, a werewolf story with Deliverance vibes, one with an Ouija board (which I didn't read...just won't), blood, guts, sex and more.

So I recommend this to the more hardcore horror reader. Enjoy being freaked out.

I received this Digital Review Copy from Encyclopocalypse Publications through Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review. This is that review.

What a wonderful ride of emotions Glenn Rolfe takes you on with Nocturnal Pursuits. From sadness, to fear, to the wtf moments. There were some stories that resonated with me more than others, which I think is bound to happen in any short novel collection.
Orson's Gas 'n Go was one of them. Very Texas Chainsaw-esque. Something that has always been a fear of mine - you stop to use the restroom, grab a snack, at a little gas station in the middle of nowhere...then suddenly you are no more.
The Guide - My heart. This one made me sad but was also heartwarming.
Comfortable Numb - This I would love as a full story! It kept me on edge waiting for what was going to happen.
Out of Range - Always love a good sci-fi alien horror story and this little, short and sweet did not disappoint. I read it late in the night, in the dark, and got goosebumps.
And that is just a handful of some of the ones that got me. I loved this collection though. It was a great read, and was full of many different types of stories. This, to me, made it a more interesting collection as it wasn't all gore or horror or aliens, or feel good...the author really had a great harmonious bundle. Thank you Netgalley and Glenn Rolfe!

This was such and enjoyable and fun (in all ways horrific) read.

When I read an anthology of short stories, I like them to be short. These fit the bill perfectly and offered up an array of clever and sassy horror that kept me fully engaged and racing through the pages like an anthology should.

I've not read Glenn Rolfe before but will definitely seek him out for further wordy adventures, as his style is easy to read; he doesn't shy from the gore or the wierd and wonderful - yet always with an intelligence that I adore. There was killer algae in a dying world, there was killer dolls and probably the most enjoyable werewolf short I've ver read.

Thank you for the 15 dark journeys in this book and thank you for the privilage of meeting a new, an instantly liked author that I'll be folloing henceforth.

ALL THE STARS!

To summarize this book, I would say it’s okay. I’m not the biggest short story collection fan which is on me, but I really only found myself liking a few stories in this and the rest were kind of dull.