Short Story Saturday: Scenic Route by Carrie Ryan

Short Story Saturday was created by Lauren at 365 Days of Reading.  I can't guarantee that I'll post a review every Saturday but I will post one as often as I can!

I am currently reading Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions.


Short Story: Scenic Route
Author: Carrie Ryan
Anthology: Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions

Scenic Route by Carrie Ryan is a short story set in the world of Carrie Ryan’s Forest of Hands and Teeth series. I have not yet read that series but if this short story is any indication, it’s a fabulous series that is supremely creepy. There isn’t a lot of background regarding the world that Scenic Route is set in and that is my only complaint about this short story. However, I feel like if you’ve read The Forest of Hands and Teeth, you will already know plenty about the world.

This story is more creepy in a realistic way than in a horror way. Sure there is talk of the dead wandering around killing people but that’s not really the danger in Scenic Route. It’s other people, living people, that cause the danger to Margie and her sister. I read this story late at night and I felt like I needed to get up and make sure all the doors were locked. It’s that kind of creepy.

Overall, Scenic Route had some flaws but it was a pretty great short story in the end.