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Hall of Mirrors: Tales of Horror and the Grotesque

A second helping of podcast fiction from 'One Among the Sleepless' author, Mike Bennett. 'Hall of Mirrors' is a short story collection featuring tales of horror, the grotesque and people in... 'unusual' circumstances.

Delivered in a style that pays homage to Night Gallery, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the old British horror anthology movies of the 1960s, this is a collection of modern gothic tales with a nail of dark humour hammered through its heart. So roll up, ladies and gentlemen, and enter the Hall of Mirrors – if you dare.

Hall of Mirrors

"The Stephen King of the U.K... But with a better voice."

Octopon (iTunes Customer Reviews)

"This is the way horror audio should be done... Hall of Mirrors is a refreshingly fun experience that's well worth downloading -- you'll love every strange and grotesque moment!" -- Michael Arnzen, Bram Stoker Award winning author of Proverbs for Monsters

"Mike Bennett may well be creating or re-inventing a genre as art form in a fashion unseen since Vincent Price's brilliant 50's series, 'The Price of Fear' but deeper, more clever, with colors and theatre far exceding the Price formula."

Jake Slatnesky (iTunes Customer Reviews)

A second helping of podcast fiction from ‘One Among the Sleepless’ author, Mike Bennett. ‘Hall of Mirrors’ is a short story collection featuring tales of horror, the grotesque and people in... 'unusual’ circumstances'.

Delivered in a style that pays homage to Night Gallery, Alfred Hitchcock Presents and the old British horror anthology movies of the 1960s, this is a collection of modern gothic tales with a nail of dark humour hammered through its heart. So roll up, ladies and gentlemen, and enter the Hall of Mirrors – if you dare.

“... the image begins to move and stir, like slow mercury; our reflections swirl in the sinuous liquid of the glass until it starts to still. And slowly, as it settles, we see not ourselves, but... an English garden: nothing grand, nothing stately, just the private suburban garden of a private suburban home. The sun is shining, the birds are singing and from somewhere out of sight the sound of children’s laughter carries through the shimmering surface of the glass.

Shall we pass through, you and I, into this world, or would you prefer to turn away? All we need do is step forward through the frame and into this summer's day. Here, reach through... Can you feel the sun’s heat on the skin of your hand?

How can you resist?”