Little Dixie Horror Show

Next time you’re driving through southeastern Oklahoma, be mindful of what road you’re taking, the places you pass and the folks you see or talk with. Especially when passing through Little Dixie.

Little Dixie…what…never heard of it?

Doesn’t matter. Just keep on driving. Soon as you start noticing the Taco Bells and suburbs changing into trailer parks and decaying antebellum mansions, the cemeteries and pawnshops outnumbering the schoolhouses and public parks, you’ll know just where the hell you are. Little Dixie, where everyone has a story to tell, a Moonpie to share, and something ugly hanging from the family tree.

Dead hookers that won’t stay dead…the frozen memories of a haunted movie house that refuses to let the past die…a foolhardy young boy seeking a fabled treasure within the dark recesses of an abandoned mine…desperate men doing desperate things to pull themselves out of desperation…a damaged girl seeking comfort in the arms of the dead…the ghoulish revenge of children forced into the insanity of violence…a satanic farm where murder is the bumper crop…

This is The Little Dixie Horror Show.

The Good

I had a great time getting into this book of horror stories, so much so that it has me curious about the area it’s based on.  The writing was very well done, providing such detailed descriptions that you could really feel the terror.  As the author makes reference to, The Little Dixie Horror Show is scary enough that you’d expect to see on Tales from the Crypt.

The Bad

Throughout the whole group of stories, probably the only thing I stumbled with was that there were a couple that suddenly cut off sooner than I expected.

The Summary

This is a really good collection of short stories that most anyone could get into, especially horror fans of course.   Each story was great by itself and were all capable of offering strong, terrifying tales as a solo read.  I definitely think this one to break out again during Halloween and experience the horror a second time, if not more.

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Geek-o-Rama received a copy of this book for the purpose of this review. All thoughts, comments and opinions are those of the individual reviewers.