Greg Chapman delivers with devilish decorum once again in Hell in Her Wake, his latest collection. I enjoyed revisiting a number of stories I'd read before here, including one about a lighthouse that I originally published in a themed anthology. If you're familiar with Greg's storytelling, you'll love this new offering. If you haven't yet had the pleasure of diving into Greg's dark world of demonic dreams and insane imaginings, you won't regret starting with this collection; a baptism of fire and brimstone. As with any collection, some stories struck me more than others. The closer, Hell in Her Wake, is a short demonic novel on an epic scale, full of action, anguish, and a Latin lesson or two. You'll play psychiatrist in Victorian Whitechapel, wed a bride of pure darkness, catch whichever train it takes to save the love of your life, and face infinity on a country road. Every story here has earned its place, but I do have a personal favourite, and it's the one that's still on my mind long after having finished the collection. The Yellow House, inspired by the writings of Robert W. Chambers, held me spellbound, and had me questioning my own perceptions, my own view of the world. That's what Greg Chapman does; he pulls the reader into Hell, Bedlam, or the recesses of the human mind, and makes us confront the darkness, knowing we'll break through to the other side all the stronger for it. Wake up and step into Greg Chapman's twisted visions of Hell.
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