*I received an eARC in exchange for my honest review.”

A solid Short Horror Anthology by many different female authors.

Like all anthologies, there were stories that really worked for me and some that just didn’t quite land. However, I did enjoy many more than I didn’t. It’s also just a preference of what types of horror are preferred.

The standout five stars and my favorites were:
“Oh, What a Tangled Web” - classic, at least for me. Probably one of my tops for the whole collection.
“Skeleton Bird Song” - such a unique one that utterly horrified me.
“The Mom from Upstairs” - this one was just weird. Reminded me of Coraline in ways.
“Within the Pink Paisley Walls” - I read this one before bed and I actually had nightmares, something that never happens from books!
“Special Medicine” - disturbing
“The Tired Mom Smoothie” - this one made me chuckle more than anything from its disturbing nature.

The rest of the collection was still good, but those would be my standouts. I was surprised that of them all, I adore Rachel Harrison’s novels, but I was meh on her contribution. It felt far less horror and more bang you in the head commentary on what classifies motherhood. Weird story, but I wanted less obvious theme and more story.

I could have also done without the poems, but that’s a personal preference. I just would have rather had a few more authors of short stories than the poems.

Overall, I’m rather excited to have a couple new authors to watch out for and already ordered one book from one and this is definitely a great collection of Mother Horror.