I would like to express my genuine appreciation for this collection of short stories. Anthologies are always a mixed bag. I found that I enjoyed some stories more than others.

Fifteen short stories that will surely delight and probably trigger a gag reflex or two! Each one has me on the end of my seat, but also left me with trepidation moving to the next story with the gross factor. Each story was fantastic, offering many different themes to ‘chew on’.

Grandma’s Secret Recipe by Ronald Kelly was my favorite of the collection. Following grandma who is a beacon of her community and an excellent baker who has a gift of baking and uses it to provide comfort, express, friendship, and make amends with other members of her community. However, grandma has a secret ingredient that she only uses occasionally, and her grandson suspicions about strange happenings in the town center around grandma.

An honorable mention goes to A Woman’s Work by Tonia Brown. This. One. Had. My. Jaw. On. The. Floor. I still find myself ruminating on this one!

The magic of the short story is they are just short enough to leave you with questions and add your own interpretation and conclusions. I hope to see more short story compilations from these authors and Blood Bound Books in the future!

Chew on This was a fantastic compilation of short horror story’s all centered around food. Each left me with my mouth hanging open in shock. Warning, these are not for the faint of heart! Thank you to NetGalley, Robert Essig, all of the authors involved, and Blood Bound Books for the advanced reader copy in exchange for my honest review.

All of these stories are a hit for me. Each one is unique and stand out from the others. I also found some new to me authors. I will be diving into those authors other works.

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This was a fun read with bite-size tales perfect for before bed reading— if you don’t mind the weird dreams. I can’t lie, Meat or Be Meaten was my favorite 🤩 so weird, different, funny and bizarro. A couple of the stories were not for me but was a great way to learn a few new horror authors to follow..

Chew On This is an anthology of short stories revolving around food. The stories all have different flavours, ranging from comedy horror to the downright disturbing.
I have to say that I really enjoyed this collection of short stories. Some of them have a good frisson of black humour in them (think League of Gentlemen kind of humour) and some of the stories are just out and out gross.
The first story, Meat or be Meaten introduces us to the anthology and tells the tale from a cat’s perspective as we learn of the shenanigans he gets up to after his owner dies, leaving two meat golems in the house unsupervised. The story is bizarre, with a generous shake of comedic seasoning.
There are a couple of other stories in this collection that are definitely going to stay with me. A Woman’s Work is one of those stories. This one started off quite shocking and just kept getting worse from there, leaving the me with a jaw dropping ending that made give the book a double take when the realisation of what had happened hit me in the face
As you progress through the stories, the more disturbing some of the tales become.
Throughout the book there are tales of ghosts, cannibalism, meat golems, sweeny toddish corn dog vendors and a whole host of other monsters, both human and monster.
If you like your horror stories with a little bite, then this anthology could well be to your taste. But be warned, some of these stories will probably gross you out. Chew on this is not for those of you with a delicate disposition and you will definitely not look at food the same way again

‘Chew on This!’ Is a horrific short story collection that focuses on food, not for the faint of heart or the easily disgusted, this book is a foodies worst nightmare.

As others have said, short story anthologies always come with a mixed bag. I found I enjoyed certain stories more than others. Regardless every story was well written and achieved the desired effect.

Stories that stood out to me were ‘Grandma’s Favourite Recipe’, ‘Made to Order’, ‘A Woman’s Work’, ‘Cherry Red’ and ‘Barrel Aged’. All the type of horror that leaves you reeling.

The most stomach turning (and the one I low-key hated) was ‘Seeds of Filth,’ a very grotesque read that will have you thinking twice about how you treat people in the service industry.

I’m not big on extreme horror but for a little dip in to the genre this series was an interesting experience.

I am a huge lover of anthology books and this one was no different, it was so good!

To me, the stories in this book felt a bit more like an elevated horror, more psychological and not reliant on big jump scares or gore to give the fright and gross factor. It relied a lot on infering and interpretation - which I thought was really well done.

Each story had it's own high points, although there were 2 I skipped as I just wasn't enjoying them (hence the 4 star rating) but the one thing that linked them was the quality at which they were written.

An all round excellent collection of some intriguing and downright disturbing and quite frankly gross short stories.

4.25 stars

What a fantastic collection of stories from some of the best authors writing in the horror genre right now.
These were disgusting but fun. As with all collections some were better than others, but I feel this was one of the strongest ones I’ve read.
My favorite being Triana, that man can freekin write!

Such an incredibly disgusting book about food that I just couldn’t put down. I loved every single story and I definitely plan on reading more from each author.

A pretty fun and gross collection of tales. Some were creepy, most were gross, and some were fun. The perfect balance for a collection of short stories. Only one felt edgy just for edgy's sake, which brought down the overall rating for me. It just felt a much lower caliber than the other stories.

This was a strong fifteen stories in the horror genre, I was hooked from the first story and was invested in the concept and how it worked with the horror. Each author was able to tell the story and worked with the theming of this.

"Chew on This!", edited by Robert Essig, is a chilling exploration of the dark side of our appetites. This anthology of short horror stories, each tethered to the theme of food, offers a disturbing and delicious feast for the macabre.

From the unsettling transformation in Kristopher Triana's "The Feeding," where a lonely old man finds renewed vigor after consuming mysterious hoagies, to the chilling domesticity of Ronald Kelly's "Grandma's Favorite Recipe," where a seemingly benevolent elderly woman harbors a sinister secret, the collection delivers a potent blend of dread and disgust.

John McNee's "With a Little Salt and Vinegar" stands out as a particularly potent and unsettling tale. While the direction of the story might be somewhat predictable, its graphic and unflinching portrayal of human depravity is both shocking and unforgettable. The story serves as a stark reminder that even the most mundane of culinary experiences can conceal a horrifying reality.

"Chew on This!" is not for the faint of heart. It's a collection that revels in the grotesque, pushing the boundaries of the unsettling and leaving a lingering sense of unease long after the final page is turned. However, for those who appreciate the power of dark imagination, and relish a good shiver down the spine, this anthology offers a truly unforgettable and disturbing culinary experience.

Chew on This! is a collection of sixteen short horror stories all centered around one thing: food. All of the stories take on their own dark twists, leaving you wanting more after each read. A lot of the stories gave me Aron Beauregard vibes: gruesome with the added dark humor. A couple of the stories fell short, but overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this read.

A look into some of my personal favorites: 
- The Feeding by Kristopher Triana, a story about Walter, an elderly gentleman, who believes he has found the cure for aging in Dotties deli sandwiches.
- Grandma's Favorite Recipe by Ronald Kelly, saintly Ms.Sarah Plummers cookies had a secret ingredient, Dr. Augustus Leech's Patented Elixir. 
- Made to Order by Mark C. Scioneaux, Charlies new corn dog recipe is making him a killer at the fair.

If you are a fan of quirky, disturbing short horror reads, add this to your TBR! This read is sure to make even the iron stomach horror fans queasy.

CHEW ON THIS! by Robert Essig.
How can i describe this book? Well its disgusting, highly entertaining and has the shock factor.
Loads of short stories by different authors and they all revolve around food.
Stomach churning but some dark humour thrown in and makes you want to read it.

Most of the stories in this anthology were really good. There were maybe two titles i didn't care for. I really loved the rest of them though. If weird body horror and cannibalism than this is definitely for you.

This is a great anthology of horror stories all based, in one way or another, around food and eating.

I always love a themed anthology that brings so many creative writers to the table and this is one which does so spectacularly.. We have the disturbing, the creepy, the deliciously disgusting, and truly unsettling stories you would want from a horror anthology. There are even some which deliver horrific images with an underlying sense of humor.

From food obsessions, eating disorders, and even cannibalism, the stories are never dull nor repetitive. They rely on food as the carrier of the horrors but it's the characters which make them so fun to read.

I loved this one and highly recommend it.