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Seven Stories

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This is the best way that I could recommend you introduce yourself to Brian James Freeman's short stories. It has seven great dark tales. Nothing too gory. Nothing too Monster-y (except for the ones we hide within ourselves).

These tales make you think and feel more than most of the dark tales that you'll find out there. You can take that as a warning or as a sign of hope (depending on what you like in your short stories). I like strong emotional stories, and many of Brian James Freeman's short stories have packed a stronger wallop than I expected over the years.

Many of these were published under the name "Brian Freeman" in various anthologies (like Cemetery Dance Publication's Shivers series). All of the stories are available as separate downloads for Kindle, but you'll save yourself a lot of money by getting this collection. If you are missing just four of these stories, the low price is well worth it.

This collection is currently only on Amazon for Kindle, Kindle for PC/Mac, etc. Only one story has had its name changed. "The Punishment Room" was first released as "One More Day" in Shivers V edited by Richard Chizmar. Some of the stories have been slightly revised for this publication too (nothing major, just some good tweaks like most author collections).

"Seven Stories" is an awesome collection to start after you read Mr. Freeman's The Painted Darkness. After you finish with these stories, you will also want to get the outstanding short story"The Silent Attic" (which has some very interesting connections to the excellent "A Dreamlike State", which is included in this collection). There are also a few other stories of Mr. Freeman's that aren't included in this collection (like the rare chapbook "Pulled Into Darkness"), but I'll let you do the detective work for those.

Also recommended: Black Fire (Brian James Freeman writing as James Kidman) and his out of print novella Blue November Storms!

I downloaded this collection of short stories after reading The Painted Darkness by Mr. Freeman. My favorite of the set is Walking With the Ghosts of Pier 13. The story is extremely well crafted. I read it again immediately after finishing Pier 13 the first time - just to pay more attention to how the author pulled off the story. Creepy! The other stories are all enjoyable and easy to consume when you might have 30 minutes or so to spend reading: What They Left Behind, Where Sunlight Sleeps, wow, they each deserve more words than I'm giving them. I believe that many of these tales will stay with you a long time, at least they have for me. Getting all seven for one price also makes them a great bargain.