Some of the stories are really captivating but I didn't like them all. I even DNF:ed a few of them.Thank you for the eARC in exchange for my honest opinion.

I want to thank NetGalley and to the publishers for giving me this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Unfortunately this was a DNF for me.

I’m sure there’s an audience for this book but I am not one of them.

Burnt Fur
Horror Anthology

The world of animals and humans intersect in the most disturbing ways.
This is a book filled with dark, twisted, and disturbing tales.

I found half of them enjoyable, the other half I didn't care for.
But, as with all horror anthologies, it's all subjective.

3/5

This collection of short stories has brought back my love of them. I haven't spent as much time reading short stories as I used too and man I'm glad I got to read these ones.
I think this anthology has some weird, creepy, gross, HILARIOUS, and insightful stories. I really enjoyed stories 4 & 6. I found #4 to be equal parts uncomfortable and fascinating. I could not stop reading.
#6 is hands down my favourite because it was so funny and gross. Fascinating and weird. I love that these stories a little peeks inside of these authors brains.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC!

I am not unfamiliar with the recesses of the internet, and I am more than familiar with the furry community (having lived a previous life almost chronically on Tumblr, that particular subculture was always lurking in the corner of my eye). I can admire and appreciate a certain amount of these stories, but unfortunately, some of them were just not up to standard, and others felt a little like thinly veiled fetish pieces, which I wasn't on board with. I am not a romance or smut reader at the best of times (see my current endeavour in trying to understand 'BookTok' romances), and this book had just a bit too much of that kind of material for me to be comfortable.

Some of the stories were clever, but unfortunately I found that this collection was just left overwhelmed by the ones that were not really my thing, or that were not quite horror and were just a bit much overall. I am disappointed that this one didn't go well for me, but looking forward to seeing if there's horror anthologies in my future that are a little more my kind of thing.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC to review!

4 stars!

LMAO! THIS WAS ALL KINDS OF LEVELS OF MESSED UP, WEIRD, CONFUSION, SHOCK, AND ALL EVERYTHING ELSE!

I was strapped into this wild ride and it wasn't going to calm down or get normal at any turn. I actually found myself wondering what the hell could happen next, why am I still reading this?, did I really need to learn this about ducks, my plot guesses were beyond useless at this point and to give up!
Don't think I'll forget many of these short stories for a long time.

So many triggers for horror and sexual themes!!!

Thank you to NetGalley and Bloodbound Books for giving me a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. All opinions are my own. **Please Note** This contains a mix of stories, some may be erotic or bizarro in addition to horror and dark fantasy.

If you are faint of heart or weirded out by furries, you may want to sit this one out. If your mind is open, then you may just find a treasure trove of the bizarre! This (primarily body horror) short story anthology is 172 pages of tales of the weird, the creepy, and the crazy.

Standout stories: “Mallard’s Maze” (duck-people and murder); “The Hamford Pigs” (when you wear a mask, you become your true self); “The Others” (features a life-size panda who only our MC can see); and “Ware the Deep” (shifters and murder). There are many more, but these are the ones that stuck with me.

Most of the stories focus on a sado-sexual theme rather than “true” horror, but it's really well written when the horror gets going. I can’t think of a story that sticks out as lacking. This book (out now) will have you laughing and squirming in equal measure!


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I am not quite sure what to say about this book. There is clearly a very strange furry/ animal interest with the authors in this book. It is slightly concerning. The majority of this Burt Fur made me extremely uncomfortable while reading. It was disgusting. However, I did enjoy some of the stories, they provoked some in depth thought. And to be honest the more emotion and feeling I have while reading a book, the more I can appreciate the authors. If I am not horrified, disgusted, or uncomfortable, did the author really do their job? So with that said, hats off to all the bizarre and odd furry obsessed authors in this book.

An amazingly dark and horrific anthology with stories that will have you on the edge of your seat, gagging and gasping. Each story is unique and transports you to its world. The writing is incredibly well done and each story is short and to the point but not without twists and turns. I really enjoyed this anthology.

Burnt Fur is an anthology collection of extreme and bizarre animalistic horror. The short stories are strange in many different ways ranging from a bloodthirsty werewolf, a naughty bunny, and many others.
Be warned, this is extreme horror with some subject matters that may be unsuitable for some readers disposition.

This collection of short stories was amazing! My favorite stories were the moon in her eyes and the others. I have never read stories quite like these! These extreme horror stories were executed so well. I would definitely recommend!

Overall a very strange collection… I thought there’d be more actual animal based horror, but a lot of the stories centred around anthropomorphic animals, people dressing as animals, etc.

I think I found a lot of the stories “out there” beyond the realm of weird and bizarre. Still puzzling my thoughts out actually haha.

“The Hamford Pigs” and “Mallard’s Maze” were standouts in the anthology for sure.

Thank you to the authors, NetGalley, editor, & Blood Bound Books for a copy.

What a hair-raising anthology! Burnt Fur is a collection of 14 stories, it includes super weird imagery, some terrifying creatures and a whole lot of what the F* am I reading??!

I absolutely love the bizarre, I found this anthology to be a really successful collection of stories that had my head spinning. There are a few classic horrors in here, but the latter half was quite full of extreme bizarro horror- my fave!

If you are looking for an anthology that is twisted and strange, Burnt Fur is set to deliver… just keep an eye out for stingers!

these stories were such a treat. some were really sad and thought-provoking (The Moon in her Eyes, The Hamford Pigs) and then others were just downright silly but so amusing (Mallard’s Maze, 6 Dicks). While I wish there were more traditional horror aspects in these stories, they were all pretty entertaining and easy to get through. If you’re into weird short stories and don’t mind furries then i would definitely recommend, it’s a quick and entertaining read.

A truly disturbing collection of stories, which I devoured in a day! There really were no limits when it came to imagination and gore. Even though each story is written by a different author, they all had that common theme which resulted in quite a coherent anthology.
Not for the squeamish, but I found Burnt Fur strangely compelling!

This is quite a wild group of stories that roughly have animals as their inspiration. As with most story collections they vary in quality, but there are some truly twisted stories in this collection, especially The Hanford Pigs and Mallard’s Maze, my personal favorites.

One thing I love in horror is freaky animals. Weirdly behaving, unsettling, creepy animals that don't act as they should. So obviously I had to check out this animal-centric horror anthology.

The first thing that needs to be said is that this is not a book for everyone. Some of the stories cross into the territory of extreme horror, there is a lot of sexual stuff and some instances of bestiality. Make sure you know what you're getting into before you start reading.

That being said, this is one of the most unique horror anthologies I've read. I am only starting to venture into this territory as before I haven't been able to finish any anthology I started but at no point was there a dull moment that made me want to gravitate away from the book. I ate this up and while some stories were just too extreme for my liking, most of them were decent at worst.

Some of my favorites include The Mallard's Maze, Salvation, and A Concubine for the Hive. Most of them had very unique premises and they were well-written, even though a few of them were too extreme for my liking.

All in all, if you don't mind freaky, gross, and extreme horror, absolutely give this book a try. It's a very entertaining ride.

I don’t usually pick up anthologies, but the idea of "Burnt Fur"—a collection of stories about humanoid animals, furries, and insect-related horror—really caught my attention. Each story in this collection was unique and fascinating in its own way. However, I have to say that “The Molt of a Diminishing Light” didn’t quite work for me. It had the potential to be great but ended up feeling a bit too much like the *Vagina Monologues* for my taste.

The last story was haunting, but it didn’t seem to fit with the pattern of the rest of the collection, which threw me off a bit. That said, the rest were entirely disturbing and thoroughly entertaining. If you’re in the mood for something wild, wacky, and out there with plenty of gore, this anthology is definitely worth checking out. The writing is solid, and these stories will stick with you long after you’ve finished them.

WTH did I just read? I feel so, so guilty. I cannot believe how hard I laughed while I was reading about someone violently stealing penises. I guess violently is the only way to do that ... There were so many variations on the animal theme, so much creativity, so much violence and sex and even, weirdly, people I felt guilty about liking. I am recommending this to my similar-minded friends, so I looked it up and found out that it's part of a series, and I already enjoyed the first one (this one is my favorite, though).Thanks so much to NetGalley for letting me read this, I'm going to be thinking about it for a while.

I was unprepared for this anthology. I foolishly failed to read the fairly bold print on the summary page and had no idea quite how sexual this collection would be. However, this was still a fascinating and deeply upsetting horror collection, even though it wasn’t quite what I imagined it would be.

Burnt Fur asks the question, how fucked up can we make this story? And the answer is a perpetual, more, we can make it even MORE fucked up. I must say, I admire the gumption. I read things here I would never have thought a human mind could come up with, let alone commit to paper. I won’t be sharing spoiler-y details here, those are between me and my therapist. Suffice to say I was shocked and I do not shock easily.

The standouts in this collection were The Moon In Her Eyes, The Hamford Pigs, The Willingness of Prey, and (god help me) Randall Rabbit (for the sheer audacity and body horror concept).

The Moon In Her Eyes is touching without being sappy, the writing is deft and spare and the story itself is a perfectly prepared little morsel like those fancy chocolates that cost 10.00 a pop but you buy them anyway when you’re feeling indulgent. Its take on lycanthropy (oh come on, that is NOT a spoiler, not with a title like that) was refreshing and quite unique.

The Hamford Pigs was an interesting one for me for several reasons. The premise is just wonderful and its one of those ideas that works well on so many levels, like chords of music coming together. The execution is done well too and the implications of the story linger after reading like an inflamed splinter. A delightful treat of a tale that also makes you think about morality and the limits of retribution.

The Willingness of Prey is like a magic trick, an especially bloody, gruesome magic trick. The magician (author) tells you exactly what they’re going to do and yet you’re still dumbfounded when they actually saw someone in half or pull a rabbit out of a hat. While the story is simplicity itself, that’s not a bad thing and the author employs detailed descriptions most effectively.

Now, Randall Rabbit, what to say about this story…. This entry was like the most messed up Tales From the Crypt Episode you could possibly imagine, the heinous one from the darkest depths of your nightmares, on bath salts. The author clues you in on what’s going to happen right before the other shoe drops and that makes it all the more horrifying.

Overall this was a worthwhile, shocking, collection for the seasoned or otherwise completely un-squeamish reader.