As one reviewer on The Vault of Evil website said: ' Think we can safely chance that fans of Kitchen Sink Gothic Mk I Every writer who submitted to us gave us as good as they can and you will be surprised at the variety and quality of the tales listed below. But don't think that just because this is a charity anthology that any of the stories in the book are any the lesser in quality. All profits wiull donated to charities for the homeless. Honestly as I said above there isn’t a beat missed in these tales and while a couple might be slow, none are bad.Just a reminder that our charity anthology Kitchen Sink Gothic 2 is still available in paperback and kindle. Finally, in “Envelopes” we’re given a different look into the world of the occult. Only, things aren’t ever quite that simple now are they? Next up is “The Sanitation Solution” where one man’s bitter war with his ex makes for quite the disgusting read. The more interesting reads for me included “Lilly Finds a New Place to Stay” which revolves around Lilly….finding a new place to stay. Wesolowski, and closes out with “Canvey Island Baby” by David Turnbull. Sutton, “The Sanitation Solution” by Walter Gascoigne, “Up and Out of Here” by Mark Patrick Lynch, “Late Shift” by Adrian Cole, “The Great Estate” by Shaun Avery, “Nine Tenths” by Jay Eales, “Envelopes” by Craig Herbertson, “Tunnel Vision” by Tim Major, “Life is Precious” by M.

Jones, “Waiting” by Kate Farrell, “Lilly Finds a Place to Stay” by Charles Black, “The Mutant’s Cry” by David A. “Daddy Giggles” by Stephen Bacon, “1964” by Franklin Marsh, “Derek and the Sun-Spots” by Andrew Darlington, “Black Sheep” by Gary Fry, “Jamal Comes Home” by Benedict J. As long as you’re in the mood for the strange and insane, that is.Īn interesting line up with some names you’ll probably recognize if you read a lot of horror and speculative fiction as well as some that you won’t. While not every story is a gem, there isn’t a single failure in this book that makes me feel any of my time was wasted. It is a twisted mix of tales that if you were to read the descriptions one by one wouldn’t seem to fit together and yet the Riley’s have proven they know exactly which story works with the next.

In its pages there are 17 stories with a Gothic tint to them which focus primarily on the working class. In Kitchen Sink Gothic, David and Linden Riley have put together a dark and gritty horror- and humor-filled anthology which was an absolute blast to read.

Kitchen Sink Gothic by David A. Riley