Conjured Darkness: Six Macabre Tales by Michael Jess Alexander
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Good short stories.
Out of the six short stories in Conjured Darkness: Six Macabre Tales, my favorites were The Experiment, and The Screaming Void. I noticed that my reading engagement was the highest when reading these two.
For those of you wondering, here are the meanings of the incantations in Small Revolution and The Screaming Void:
Small Revolution
Contarso = account (Portuguese)
rencollo = quarrel? dispute? (Spanish-English Dictionary)
ivist = visit?
Eldri = older (Icelandic)
enn = than (Norwegian)
Kandveer = cane spring (Afrikaans)
The Screaming Void
jasu = brightness (Czech)
bhitho = be (Scottish Gaelic)
Xaant = barn (Somali)
maati = family (Oromo); maati o = don’t you (Yoruba) or dirty
otrok = a child (Slovenian)
devosto = devoted (Italian)
What I really liked were the characters in the The Screaming Void. Mrs. Loneagan and Treat (notice the names). When you read the book, it fits so well. As for the mad scientist, that was eerie indeed.
Only four stars because not all the books were that great, but I do applaud the author for trying.
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Conjured Darkness: Six Macabre Tales by Michael Jess Alexander
