What Protects Our Heritage and Other Aberrations
by Villimey Mist
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Pub Date Nov 26 2024 | Archive Date Dec 26 2024
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Description
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.
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
Available Editions
EDITION | Ebook |
ISBN | 9781963355178 |
PRICE | |
PAGES | 150 |
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Featured Reviews
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?
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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