In the Tall Grass (edition 2012)

In The Tall Grass is a novella written by Stephen King and his son - an author in his own right - Joe Hill.

A brother and sister driving in their car through Kansas with their windows down, pull over after hearing a child's plea for help coming from a grassy field by the side of the road.

They enter the field in search of the child and find the grass is taller than they are. The grass is disorientating, and they quickly become separated from each other and lost. Learning there are others in the grass with them and something bigger is at play here, fear and panic set in.

There are supernatural and horror themes within this e-book and in my opinion the author collaboration between father and son has worked effortlessly here. I do hope to see more titles by the two of them together in the future; I think it's a winning combination!

At the end of the novella were two sneak previews of the individual author's new works which was a major bonus. Doctor Sleep is Stephen King's sequel to the successful novel The Shining and Joe Hill's NOS4R2 which is due to be published 30 April 2013. ( )

Hungry folks.

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Stephen King and his son Joe Hill are a formidable team when it comes to horror. In The Tall Grass is reminiscent of King's early writing and I loved it. This was the first book I downloaded onto my Koboglo and I could not stop reading. It's a brilliantly crafted story and I hope to read more by this talented pair of authors. ( )

I enjoyed this short dose of horror and I hated to see it end. How I wish it were longer! King and Hill do a great job at drawing you in and making you hold your breath with anticipation. I was totally immersed while reading and pretty creeped out as well. I could almost see and smell the tall grass. There is gore and some nasty bits in here and this one is not for the faint of heart. Not a short story I will soon forget.

I'm glad I read this one and I recommend it to fans of horror. It one of those stories where you are afraid to turn the page, but you just have to know what is coming next. This is by far, my favorite short story of 2012. These two need to write a full length novel.

Also included at the end of In the Tall Grass are a few chapters of King and Hill's upcoming books.

This review is my honest opinion. I purchased a copy of this book and did not receive any type of compensation for reading and reviewing it.

read my full review here
http://thebookworm07.blogspot.com/2012/12/in-tall-grass.html ( )

Stephen King, certainly knows a thing or two about writing a horror story and his son, Joe Hill, is rapidly making a name for himself in the horror genre.

The first time father and son worked together, the result was Throttle, inspired by Richard Matheson's classic Duel, which also went on to be Road Rage, a graphic novel series from IDW.

This time the two writers united for In the Tall Grass. Cal and Becky DeMuth were born nineteen months apart and were so close, their parents called them Irish Twins. While in her freshman year at college, Becky winds up pregnant and the two set off on a cross country trip to their parents on the West Coast.

Crossing Kansas, they go through an area where the grass is higher than an elephant's thigh. As high as seven feet. When they hear the voice of a young child crying, "Help! Please help me!" And: "I'm lost!", they decide to stop and investigate. Worst. Decision. Ever.

By now the reader has a pretty good idea where this is headed. To bad Cal and Becky don't. There are clues like the name of the roadside church, Black Rock of the Redeemer, the fact that there are a number of dusty cars in the church's parking lot, and the voice of the child's mother warning them not to attempt a rescue, but in they go and what follows is terrifying fun for the reader.

Along with a nice, original story, you get one very good limerick and for me, I actually learned a new word. "illimitable", which means "incapable of being limited or bounded."

In the Tall Grass was originally published in two parts in the June/July and August 2012 issues of Esquire magazine and is available now as an e-book from a variety of sources. ( )