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I am an author from Iowa who has always put everything I am capable of into my writing. I have written a few movie scripts, one of which brought me a first place win in a script writing competition. Two of my books, "The Land of Eternal Rain," and, "Twisting Darkness," recieved 5 star awards from review sites.
I love creating stories and endeavor to focus solely on great storytelling, and keeping whatever personal beliefs I may hold out of my books since they shouldn't have any relevance to the story unless I am writing a book or movie script on that particular subject.
The only thing I hope for is that people enjoy reading my books as much as I enjoy writing them.
For current updates as well as collections of artwork you can go to https://www.theworldsofjrgridley.com/
Reviewed by Nicholus Schroeder for Readers' Favorite
Twisting Further into Darkness is a horror anthology by J. R. Gridley. The book is a collection of five short stories that are interconnected with each other. That is, the events taking place in each story are related to each other and they all take place in the same city but with slight time differences between each story’s events. Another thing each of the five stories has in common are supernatural occurrences that could result in a character’s death, as each story has a terrifying monstrosity that wants to kill anything with a pulse in sight. Will any of the unfortunate souls survive? And what connects each of the horrible scenarios they find themselves in?
I loved how diverse the settings for each story were, as in one story the setting was a forest and, in another, a hospital served as the setting. The change in scenery kept the book interesting and unpredictable. Another great thing about this book is how it kept me captivated for its entire duration. It had me hooked from the get-go as each story was engaging and each had great moments of unnerving horror. One thing that really impressed me was how well developed the characters were as I wasn’t expecting a book with short stories to have such well-written characters. I could relate to the characters as they were all authentic and life-like. The revelation of the connection between each story was also really well done and very satisfying. Overall, J. R. Gridley wrote an excellent book and one that I’d have no problem revisiting as it’s just that good. I’d recommend Twisting Further into Darkness to readers that love the horror genre as this book will most certainly make your skin crawl.
