Genre: Horror
Publisher: Sinister Grin Press
Publication Date: 1st June 2016
Pages: 129
REVIEWED BY CHAD
A copy of Merciless
by Kristal Stittle was sent to Confessions of a Reviewer by the publisher,
Sinister Grin Press, in exchange for an honest review. This is said review.
There is a common and, in my opinion, misguided idea when
it comes to writing that there are certain plots that one should steer clear
from, that ground which has been treaded on one too many times can never be
fertile and should be left to go barren. The thing is, as much as we all likely
fancy ourselves as shining lights of ingenuity and creativity, there really are
only so many stories that can be told. Sure, we can put some individual touches
and color tones to the picture but in the end, it isn’t often that I read
something or watch something and get at least a little touch of déjà vu or a
feeling of “haven’t we been here before”?
Case in point would be the book Merciless, by Kristal Stittle. I found the book to be highly
entertaining and delivered in a way that felt fresh and seemed clear that the
author was invested in it. The story itself is simple enough. The protagonist,
Mercy, is home alone while her boyfriend is off having a weekend with his
friends. Mercy begins to receive phone calls that start as merely curious and
quickly progress to creepy and disturbing. When she decides to try and get out
of the house and spend some time at her parent’s house, the calls mysteriously
follow her and soon she finds herself in the middle of an all-out home
invasion.
