And Hell Followed

2019
10

Synopsis: 

Seventeen authors re-imagine the biblical apocalypse and all the hell that follows in sixteen horrifying tales. What if the prophecies of Revelation hit today? What sort of craziness and evil would ensue? With this list of excellent authors contributing, it’s sure to be a Hell of a read!

Wrath James White
Sam West
The Sisters of Slaughter
Jeff Strand
K Trap Jones
C Derick Miller
Christine Morgan
Patrick C. Harrison III
John Wayne Comunale
Hyäne Sawbones
Delphine Quinn
James Watts
Wile E. Young
Chris Miller
Mark Deloy
Richard Raven

Review: 

Anthologies are not always an easy read. Very often they are not exactly what you are expecting, or the selection of stories doesn't amaze you. Well, And Hell Followed doesn't have this problem at all. Let's break it down:

All the stories are good and enjoyable, they could all perfectly be standalone pieces preceding an entire novel.

Some of them are more serious and really mess with your mind, making you wonder and ask questions. You want more. Others are funny (in a very macabre way, of course) and some of them give you a very different vision of what a "hell on Earth" could become.

It's a book that, depending on your capacity of absorbancy of "Horror" you'll have to close it every now and then to have a breath. I read it all in a row and I can tell you it affects you. It's an amazing read.

The awesome cast of authors and the perfectionism of Death's Head Press —delivers. And delivers an amazingly terrifying amount of horrors right to your hands.

I have two favourite stories, I won't tell you which of course. It's extremely difficult to choose though, because all of them have something very special that plants a seed in your mind.

I don't think you are going to forget these "theories of Hell".

When you expect it the less, something will remind them to you, and for an instant, Hell will take its place into your thoughts, courtesy of all these authors —for your dark delight.

Find it on Amazon: http://mybook.to/andhellfollowed

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