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The Darkest Lullaby: A Dark Nanny Anthology Kindle Edition
The Darkest Lullaby is an anthology full of suspense and horror. You'll not want to miss this heart-pounding collection if you loved Survive the Night by Riley Sager, works by Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, or American Horror Story.
Six authors come together to bring to life thrilling and heart-pounding horror stories of nannies and their wards, creating something unsettling that will haunt the reader long after they've finished reading!
A governess is plagued by nightmares of her own death each night—but are they mere dreams? Atrocities of the past collide with the future for a nighttime nanny. Secrets surrounding a castle are murderous for a caregiver. A failed witch's apprentice must take up her late aunt's babysitting shift at a terrifying house. For one babysitter, discovering the truth about a local house, and her ward, comes with a hefty price. An unsuspecting young woman gets more than she bargained for when she takes on a nannying job… for a doll.
Your new favorite hair-raising thrill awaits.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateOctober 25, 2023
- File size3222 KB
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- ASIN : B0C3FMYLSK
- Publisher : Midnight Tide Publishing (October 25, 2023)
- Publication date : October 25, 2023
- Language : English
- File size : 3222 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 295 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,623,005 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #3,623 in Horror Anthologies (Books)
- #4,701 in Fiction Anthologies
- #7,650 in Occult Horror
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About the authors
Marlena Frank has always been fascinated by monsters, and now gets to write about them.
She is the author of young adult fantasy and horror novels, short stories, novellas, and epic series. Many of her books have hit the Amazon bestseller charts, including her debut novel, Stolen, and her latest book release, The Impostor and Other Dark Tales. In 2022, she will be kicking off her young adult dark fantasy series The Wolves of Kanta featuring mad scientists, hunters, and werewolves.
Although she was born in Tennessee, Marlena has spent most of her life in Georgia. She lives with her sister and two spoiled adopted cats. She is an affiliate of the Atlanta Chapter of the Horror Writers Association and is an avid member of the Atlanta cosplay community.
She is also an INFJ, a tea drinker, and a wildlife enthusiast.
Katya de Becerra was born in Russia, studied in California, lived in Peru, and then stayed in Australia long enough to become a local. She was going to be an Egyptologist when she grew up, but instead she earned a PhD in Anthropology. She is the author of YA horror-thrillers What The Woods Keep, Oasis and When Ghosts Call Us Home.
Carla Vonzale Lewis likes her martini’s shaken…never stirred. Though she was born in Georgia, please don’t mistake her for a Georgia peach. She’s more like a prickly pear. Speaking of being born, someone asked her recently if she remembered her birth, and all she had to say was, “Yes, I do remember that handsy doctor pulling me out into the cold. Right Bastard!!!”
Despite being born in the South, she grew up in the North. California to be exact. And every once in a great while, she gets to experience all four seasons. But mostly, it’s just heat.
Her debut novel, LINEAGE, was released July 16, 2019 and she fully intends to ride that joy for the rest of her life.
When she’s not concocting her next contemporary fantasy story, she enjoys reading, binge watching shows on Netflix, and trying to convince her husband that getting a dog is a wonderful idea.
Elle Beaumont is a writer who loves creating vivid fantasy and science fiction worlds in the young adult genre as well as new adult. She lives in southeastern Massachusetts with her husband and two children. When not writing or chasing around her children she can be seen crocheting, candle-making and taking care of her animals. More than once she has proclaimed that coffee is life blood and it is how she refrains from becoming a zombie.
Discover more on www.ellebeaumontbooks.com
Find Elle on her social media at @ellebeaumontbooks on Facebook and Instagram.
Jessica Cranberry lives in the Sierra Nevada foothills with her family and spends days striking a balance between parenthood, teaching, and writing–suspense novels and eclectic short stories mostly. When she's not doing those things, she's reading, attempting to garden, or hiking around town. She's an okay baker, and has been known to paint on occasion.
DM is a lover of all things creative. From the moment she could speak, growing up in Massachusetts, she had a passion for flair and drama, putting on concerts for anyone who was even remotely interested (and even for those who were not). A storyteller by nature, she first pursued her young dream of becoming a singing diva while living in Arizona. She soon found that stage life wasn't the only form of storytelling she craved, so she dropped the mic and picked up a pencil instead. She still hasn't given up on her diva-ness, and hopes her pencil stays as sharp as her tongue.
A dark sense of humor and curiosity for haunted houses and things out of the ordinary led her down the path of completing her first novel, Inside. Several other projects are constantly floating around in her head and her laptop daily, and sometimes keeping her up much too late at night. Occasionally, those projects are so dark and twisted, she needs to leave a nightlight on.
She now lives in Northern California with her two fluffy furbabies, Cezare and Michaleto.
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I love good anthologies, where you can read one story at a time. This one has six extremely good stories, so freaking creepy! After I’d read a story, it would stick with me. I couldn’t stop thinking/dreaming about it. They ALL did that to me!!
Highly recommend if you enjoy short creepy stories by some really good authors!!
Well here goes! (After reading, I'm giving the collection 4 of 5 stars).
1. The Silver Whistle - Marlena Frank 4/5
Short, quirky & entertaining 3 chapter Novella about a Nanny & her young charge. I really am unsure how to discuss the plotting without this review becoming a spoiler. I would recommend this, it held my interest & the end is definitely a bit of a surprise.
2. When You Hear Them Scream - C. Vonzale Lewis 4/5
As I mentioned above, I first discovered Ms. Lewis in a collection. She hasn't released a lot of books, & most are on compilations like this. I have her 2 stand alones (per her bio in the comp, there's a third one on the way called "Tribe"), & I have & have read 3 of the 7 stories that the same bio states are in compilations like this one. I'd love to get a hold of the other 4. The only one I could find was over my budget, & was mostly authors I wasn't familiar with. Per Amazon, 2 were only on out of print paperbacks (1 of which sells for $20 on Amazon), 1 is on a Kindle anthology called "This Fresh Hell" that's beyond my budget & there is a 4th comp with a story from Ms. Lewis per the bio that I can't find anywhere.
I find Ms Lewis' writing to be much more interesting, thoughtful & intelligent than the majority of contempoarary authors in this genre. This one is cult horror from either an ancient Greek fable, or possibly the author's imagination. Like always with Ms. Lewis, highly recommended.
3. A Little Blood & A Broken Cage - Jessica Cranberry 4/5 - Another author (4 of the 6) who is new to me. Creepy, well written story about a mean, semi-sane psychic, her daughter, her new nanny & trotured ghosts. Well written.
4. That Thing In The House With The Arched Roof - Katya de Becarra 3.5/5 - Creepy! This is a bit more standard of a creepy chiller than the ones that came before it. My first read from this author. Fast, easy read.
5. You Can Close Your Eyes - Elle Beaumont 4/5 - Very short story with a very unexpected & creepy twist!
6. A Mother's Love - D.M. Siciliano 3/5 - Another author who is new to me. It's a shame I can't give away spoilers, as this is very similar to Ms Beaumont's story, & if I describe either, it would give both away. This one doesn't have the element of surprise that Ms Beaumont's did & isn't as well written imo.
All in all this is better than the average comp, the only story close to a clunker is the last one. I can definitely recommend the first 5.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I don't want to give too many details on each story, because as this is an anthology sometimes even a few sentences can have spoilers. In short: this anthology features six stories revolving around nannies with spooky twists. I thought each story was well written. What's nice about anthologies, including this one included, is that the stories are perfect to read at your own pace. Each story is pretty short so you can fit in an entire story within an hour or so.
Not only is this anthology perfect for Halloween, but also for rainy days and bedtime stories.
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
The Silver Whistle by Marlena Frank - 3 stars
This author was new to me and I had no idea what was going on except that I kept telling Marion, the main character, to get out of there. I was surprised by the ending, but I'm not sure I liked it. It was definitely unsettling, so it achieved that at least.
When You Hear Them Scream by C. Vonzale Lewis - 5 stars
I've read two short stories by her before, both in anthologies with Elle Beaumont (Emporium of Superstition and Beyond the Cogs). I don't remember all the details, but I remember really liking both her short stories. This one was no exception. It was one of the longer of the stories in this collection, which I loved, and the author was able to take her time with developing the story and the characters. The story was creative and creepy, and I really loved the ending. The story contained two timelines, and I really liked how the past timeline was used--it really added depth and complexity to the story. After reading this story, I really need to check out her full-length novel series, Blood and Sacrifice (starting with Lineage) as it's apparent I really like her writing!
A Little Blood and a Broken Cage by Jessica Cranberry - 4 stars
I've also read one of her stories before, in Emporium of Superstition. Her previous story was one of my favorites, mainly because I really liked the two main characters and the feel of the story was New Orleans. This one was a bit strange, and I didn't connect as strongly with the main character. I think I wanted a little more depth. But it still kept me interested and I kept imagining what was happening behind the scenes. Overall, it was a satisfying read.
That Thing In the House With the Arched Roof by Katya De Becerra - 5 stars
Another author from the Emporium of Superstition and another one of my favorites from that collection. Katya has the ability to write a true short story and keep you riveted the entire time and give you a satisfying ending that keeps you unsettled and knowing there may be a next time. This was short, creepy, and man, I was looking down a dark corridor and remembering this story, lol!
You Can Close Your Eyes by Elle Beaumont - 4.5 stars
Any collection or story by Elle Beaumont that comes across my notifications for Book Sirens or from her is an automatic request from me. I always enjoy what she writes, and she's how I ended up discovering many of the writers in this collection and in the Emporium of Superstition. Rachel was such a disturbing character, and I couldn't understand how Eva could stand to work with her for more than a day! The ending was surprising but yikes!
A Mother's Love by D. M. Siciliano - 3.5 stars
This was a bit of an odd one, involving a doll. Not a fan of dolls, but they do make scary subjects in ghost stories. I don't want to reveal spoilers, but there were two things that Alexandra did when nannying for this girl that had me screaming to her, don't do that! She basically did what all the people do in horror movies that you keep telling them not to do. Despite that stupidity, I still was pretty creeped out by this story. But unlike some of the previous stories, I liked that Alexandra actually talked to her loved ones and shared some of what was going on!
Overall, I'd give this collection 4 stars, and if you like this, I would also recommend that you read the Emporium of Superstition. If you like steampunk, Beyond the Cogs is good, although it only contains 3 stories.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book from BookSirens. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2023