{"id":855,"date":"2015-05-15T12:36:34","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T10:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/?p=855"},"modified":"2019-07-11T15:41:42","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T13:41:42","slug":"the-heaven-maker-and-other-gruesome-tales-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/?p=855","title":{"rendered":"The Heaven Maker and other Gruesome Tales"},"content":{"rendered":"

A very pleasing review by Stewart Horn <\/strong>of the BFS.<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/matthewscottbaker.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/book-review-the-heaven-maker-and-other-gruesome-tales-by-craig-herbertson\/<\/a><\/p>\n

‘The title story is probably the highlight: a grand epic told in a few short chapters about a man trying to rescue his wife from Hell. Reminiscent of Machen\u2019s \u2018Great God Pan\u2019 in tone.’<\/em><\/p>\n

‘Overall, a satisfying read. A well written mix of the literary, the trashy and the darkly humorous. A fine addition to any horror lover\u2019s library.’<\/em><\/p>\n

Any comparison to Machen brings out a large ‘hurrah’ from me.<\/p>\n

And another review from Matthew Baker<\/strong> <\/span>of Shattered Ravings<\/strong> (love that blog title)<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.britishfantasysociety.org\/reviews\/the-heaven-maker-and-other-gruesome-tales-by-craig-herbertson-book-review\/<\/a><\/p>\n

‘The minute I laid eyes on the title, I knew I had to read this book. I didn\u2019t know what a \u2018heaven maker\u2019 was or why it might be gruesome, but the mystery of these questions drew me in. I\u2019m very glad I gave this one a shot, too\u2026 author Craig Herbertson has a vivid imagination rife with brutal originality and terrifying concepts. If you\u2019re a fan of short horror fiction, put this book on your Must Own list<\/strong>.’<\/em>
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Must admit I put ‘must own’ in bold myself.<\/p>\n

‘Herbertson pulls the reader into each story from the beginning and then delivers a sucker punch when it is least expected.’<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Is it entirely human to feel chuffed when people like what you write? Makes you think you’ve done something worthwhile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A very pleasing review by Stewart Horn of the BFS. http:\/\/matthewscottbaker.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/book-review-the-heaven-maker-and-other-gruesome-tales-by-craig-herbertson\/ ‘The title story is probably the highlight: a grand epic told in a few short chapters about a man trying to rescue his wife from Hell. Reminiscent of Machen\u2019s \u2018Great God Pan\u2019 in tone.’ ‘Overall, a satisfying read. A well written mix of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8,46],"tags":[132,133,131],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hell","category-horror","category-reviews-hell","tag-bfs","tag-sewart-horn","tag-shattered-ravings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heavenmakers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}