The Book of Fears: A Collection of Short Stories by K. S. Gantt – Review by Beverly Finnie

The Book of Fears: A Collection of Short Stories by K.S. Gantt
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Everyone fears something, right? What about one of the fears listed:
Autophobia-fear of abandonment
Katsaridaphobia-fear of cockroaches
Lepidopterophobia-fear or butterflies & flying insects
Paraskevidekatriaphobia – fear of Friday the 13th
Taphephobia – fear of being buried alive
Thanatophobia-fear of death
Ophidiophobia-fear of snakes
Trypanophobia-fear of needles
These are the fears The Book of Fears covers in its short stories. Could even be classified as a book of scary stories if you fall into one of these fears. Some of the phobias the author covers are common; we’ve all come into contact with someone who deals with it on a daily basis. Others not so much. There’s a lot of triggers potentially in this book, not just the fears themselves. And each story is specific to each fear. Some of the stories were better than others but overall the book wasn’t bad. The stories were just too short to break down each one without telling the whole thing. The phobias are written in order as they are introduced through the book. If I had to pick a favorite and a least favorite. My favorite was probably Taphephobia. Followed closely by Thanatophobia. My least favorite was definitely Trypanophobia. They lost me with the aliens in that one. Not really my thing. But again overall the author provided an interesting story with quite a bit of insight into phobias. Maybe there will be another one digging into more fears. It’s something that would interest me.

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