Behold, the third installment in ‘The Shining Horrific’ series of short story collections!Author A.A. Garrison once more transports us to the shadows with his darkly radiant brand of the macabre. Adhering to the standard set by the original two books, Garrison takes a passionate, cerebral spin on life’s grisly side – horror that asks questions, and often gets answers. If Stephen King collaborated with Stephen Hawking, the results would fit the ‘Shining Horrific’ rubric.Highlights from this collection’s 16 stories: Combine self-delusion with a raging hunger, and even a trifling joke can lead to murder (Wash Me) A pickpocket robs a wizard and gets more than he bargained for (Everyone Says I’m A Great Guy) At a secluded village in the south of India, Ram Chaknah is at last initiated into the yearly hillside ritual (The Hillside) When a benevolent, time-traveling alien visits, Jazz Pendleton’s life is changed forever (Déjà Vu) Meet Mr. Easter, a soulless killer-saint with a strange but necessary calling (Variations of Soullessness) Brandon is a werewolf of sorts, but this isn’t a werewolf story (The Lunar Cycle) A brother’s service to his disabled sister comes to a violent end (Freedom) Because he’s a hypnotist, the narrarator recognizes the circus’s fiendish hypnotism; but the others aren’t hypnotists (Not A Circus) When an all-powerful being from Beyond needs its ego stroked, bad things happen to us lowly humans (The Instrument Is Tuned)Explore these dark possibilities, plus seven more, in A.A. Garrison’s latest compilation, ‘The Shining Horrific: Volume III.’
