Book Review
Twelve Days of Christmas Horror by Rick Wood is an anthology of twelve short stories which is the first of a three book series published from 2019 to 2021.
Described as ’12 horrifying stories to spook up your Christmas season’, I was delighted to receive this as a Christmas gift from my son.
Rick Wood
Rick has overcome multiple mental health issues, including OCD, Bipolar Disorder and Tourette’s Syndrome. He become a stand-up comedian, performing three Edinburgh Fringe Festival shows, but eventually gave stand-up comedy to become an English and Drama Teacher. In 2018, Rick then gave up being a teacher and achieved his lifelong dream of being a full-time author.
Back to the book in hand
Without giving away spoilers it was a decent read. Quite typical of Doyle’s style it
Stand out quotes
p.36 ‘It was sad. But it was funny too, in a way. She was an old lady but I was a bald man with a belly the size of my head. If I was shocked, so was she.’
p.49 ‘But this was the thought which made my legs wobble. He was dead but he was alive. He was alive and dead. My best friend was a zombie. Or something. I wasn’t sure what a zombie was. Or how you became a zombie. Was there an exam or a test? All I knew was Joe was dead and Joe was alive.’
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