What Protects Our Heritage and Other Aberrations

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Pub Date Nov 26 2024 | Archive Date Dec 26 2024

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A search and rescue operation during a bitter blizzard in Iceland quickly turns to terror as the team encounters more than just lost tourists in the novelette, What Protects Our Heritage. This and other tales of vampires, Icelandic cryptids, and human monsters, nicely round out this collection of nightmares by Villimey Mist.

A search and rescue operation during a bitter blizzard in Iceland quickly turns to terror as the team encounters more than just lost tourists in the novelette, What Protects Our Heritage. This and...


Advance Praise

I’ve been a fan of Mist’s vampire series and was really excited to check out her short story collection. She did not disappoint. These stories are mean as hell and brilliant, and they bring Icelandic folklore to life in the grisliest way possible. Every story in here is killer, but the novelette that closes out the collection is definitely a standout.
—Elford Alley, author of High Strangeness and The Corpse Walker

I’ve been a fan of Mist’s vampire series and was really excited to check out her short story collection. She did not disappoint. These stories are mean as hell and brilliant, and they bring Icelandic...


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This was another ARC I snagged off Netgalley, so thank you for that.

I really liked this collection, I had not read from this author before but I have went to check their other work out now and will be reading more.

My favorite was Survival of the Fittest
I want to tell you so much but what I will say is, you might see the ending coming, I did, but I still couldn't stop my reaction to it, even when I thought I was prepared.
That story was amazing.

My second was All You Can Eat Buffet.
What the fuck, but absolutely worth every second.

As a runner up, because I liked it and have to say something is Tupperware Party, and I will NOT elaborate, you just have to read it, with a title like that, how can you pass it up?

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A collection of snowy nightmares, and bittersweet folklore that invites you into tales of Iceland.
I really liked this collection, it was filled with lots of variety.

My favorites stories:

The Girl with the Hooves: As the title suggests, this story is about a girl who does not fit in with the rest of the people. Very emotional, and in my opinion one of the best in the collection.

Survival of the Fittest: My favorite story. Our murderous protagonist tries to find food in a radioactive, post-apocalyptic world. Everything changes when instead of nourishment, she finds a friend. Another emotional story, one that has a very sad outcome. You know it will happen, that's what makes it hit harder.

They Came from the Rocks: A drill operation gone wrong. Workers start to show signs of weird behavior, some go missing, others lose their mind. Really enjoyed this one.

All You Can Drink Buffet: An american works at a companies office in japan. After doing overtime, his colleagues invite him to get drinks after work. After waking up with weird puncture wounds over his body, he finds his colleagues at work a little...different than usual. The author mentioned being a fan of Junji Ito's stories. This becomes very obvious in this story. Until now, I've never seen an author absolutely nail the vibe of Ito's manga as a book. Loved it.


Despite loving my time reading this collection, I gave it four stars, because three stories were not for me.

Tupperware Party, The Hag's Gift and The Perfect Time: I thought the pacing in those was too fast for me, I could not get into it. As a comparison, The Girl with the Hooves had the perfect length, it managed to include a lot, without feeling too short or too long. The concepts of those stories itself were good though.

Overall, I could always tell, that the author put love into this collection, especially after reading the notes from the author, found at the end of the book. Looking forward to reading the authors other collection, such as Visceral Discoveries and As the Night Devours Us.

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What Protects Our Heritage and Other Aberrations by Villimey Mist is a twisted collection of Icelandic horror stories. From the opening story, The Girl with the Hooves which was a classic old school dark fairy tale, I was hooked. Even though I’ve loved horror all my life it wasn’t until recently that I began to branch out of what I’d consider mainstream horror and been wowed by a diversity I never knew existed. Over the last few years I’ve enjoyed Hispanic, Japanese, Native America, and now Icelandic horror. If you’re like me and have only been reading mainstream you really don’t know what you’ve been missing. There are so many incredible horror writers out there. I enjoyed the heck out these stories and can’t wait to check out more of Villimey’s work. I’d like to thank Brigids Gate Press, LLC and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an eARC of What Protects Our Heritage and Other Aberrations.

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Oh... I liked this collection very much!

How have I missed this author before? This needs to be rectified immediately!

For those who love Icelandic/Nordic Noir, dark tales, folk horror, living landscapes, and the creatures that dwell in these spaces... then this book is for you!

I enjoyed all of the stories, their twists, and the horrors that awaited within. From tupperware to trolls, from the apocalyptic to the apathetic, each tale has something to take away.

Whilst I enjoyed 'Survival of the Fittest', my absolute favourite story was 'The Girl With The Hooves'. It's just so good!

If that wasn't enough, there's a whole Icelandic Cryptid novella included at the end!

Villimey Mist is definitely an author to follow and watch out for.


*I received an advance reader copy for free, and I'm voluntarily leaving a review*

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