Áccents of Horror: Four Flavors of Death - Chris Snider

Published in 2013 and written by American author Chris Snider.

A collection of four short horrific stories to read one a night before falling asleep... if you can. The three first stories were written by C. Snider and the fourth was written by guest writer Ellen C. Maze.

Each tale depicts an abominable encounter with death and by being trapped in a web of sinister events characters fiercely struggle to stay alive.

Stories go as follow: 

A Stranger in the Rain

After being laid off from work Danny Miller arrived home earlier than usual, just in time to discover his dearly wife Connie lying in bed with this gorgeous teenage boy who regularly comes over to cut the grass. 
Acute disappointment and pain led Danny to divorce, and after paperwork was over Danny started being haunted by a hideous faceless man in his sleep. Nightmares became more and more terrifying until he was made to confront the truth of his acts.

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Stone Cottage – Maighread MacKay

Published in 2015 by Canadian author Maighread MacKay. Victoria Anne is waiting at the window, impatiently wishing for her husband’s arrival; because as soon as he comes home everything will be alright again. 

More than a hundred years later there’s Rebecca, a contemporary woman working at her father’s company. Struggling to prove herself by her own merits and build her place in the business.

Tragedy strikes Annie’s life and she’s hoping her husband can fix it, what she hasn’t realized though is that everybody has long gone, including herself. Unable to face what’s happened in her life she’s stuck in this plane, turning away from the light every time it appears before her. Thus she won’t move on until Rebecca comes to save her.

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Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction

1819, this booklet contains a collection of arguments and considerations made by  philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer about love, women, death and other subjects such as art and morality.

The author refers to these issues by analyzing the factors that influence them in order to reach his own conclusion; thus, for instance, he argues that the attraction (or love) that arises between two people is nothing more than nature’s command on both subjects for the sole purpose of perpetuating the species.

From his view, women are creatures of little understanding and little talent. Beautiful and useful objects that are good to perform household chores and can coexist within a herd in such company under the regime of a man.

And death is the one that truncates everything without considering for a moment how sublime is the task we have devoted to with such passion.
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