{"id":8322,"date":"2016-07-18T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/?p=8125"},"modified":"2016-07-18T08:00:11","modified_gmt":"2016-07-18T12:00:11","slug":"review-where-you-live-by-gary-mcmahon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-where-you-live-by-gary-mcmahon\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#8216;Where You Live&#8217; by Gary McMahon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Where-You-Live-Gary-McMahon\/dp\/099221825X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1466479456&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=where+you+live+gary+mcmahon\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-8126\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/whereyoulive-193x300.jpg?resize=193%2C300\" alt=\"whereyoulive\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/>Where You Live\u00a0<\/em>by Gary McMahon<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Crystal Lake\u00a0Publishing\u00a0(November 2013)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>266\u00a0pages, $12.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0Joshua Gage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where You Live<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a varied collection of short stories by Gary McMahon. McMahon is an award winning author of both novels and short stories, and this collection gathers some of his best together. The bulk of this collection was originally published as a limited edition book from\u00a0Gray Friar Press titled\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It Knows Where You Live<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but the current collection expands that previous collection with newer stories and makes it available to a wider reading public. Overall, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where You Live <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a really satisfying collection of horror pieces.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McMahon seems to be most comfortable in horror that is mood based. Instead of focusing on monsters or horror tropes, McMahon creates dark, haunting pieces that affect the reader emotionally. In \u201cJust Another Horror Story,\u201d McMahon creates a circular voyeuristic nightmare based on a man and woman in a hotel room and what they see through a camera set up in the next room. In \u201cSounds Weird,\u201d an MP3 player plagues the speaker with its lack of music. In \u201cTruth Hurts,\u201d a man\u2019s honesty literally wounds him as he attempts to develop a relationship. All of these stories are horrific, even if they don\u2019t rely on classic horror tropes. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This doesn\u2019t mean that McMahon doesn\u2019t have his share of ghosts and monsters. There are plenty of those for readers who enjoy that sort of horror story as well. \u201cBarcode\u201d features a man haunted by his economic circumstances as well as a peculiar type of ghost. \u201cThe Grotto\u201d features a boy whose Christmas anxieties and resentments manifest themselves into a particularly nasty creature. Even a story like \u201cDown,\u201d which features no clear monster to speak of, still has a horrible nastiness lurking in its dark shadows. McMahon provides fans of traditional horror stories with a fair share of nasty creatures and scary ghosts for their delight.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes McMahon\u2019s fiction particularly appealing is its modern slant. Most of his stories are located in the gritty urban settings of English cities. Readers get a feel for the locale, and become immersed in this world. He further captures readers by creating unexpected stories. Instead of falling back on cliches, McMahon either aims for a haunting mood that produces fear and discomfort in the reader, or takes a classic trope (a monster in the dark or a ghost in the shadows) and reinvents it in a contemporary style. Readers will constantly be surprised and intrigued by the stories in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where You Live. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0It is an exciting collection of stories that fans of horror are sure to enjoy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where You Live\u00a0by Gary McMahon Crystal Lake\u00a0Publishing\u00a0(November 2013) 266\u00a0pages, $12.99 paperback; $2.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Joshua Gage Where You Live is a varied collection of short stories by Gary McMahon. McMahon is an award winning author of both novels and short stories, and this collection gathers some of his best together. 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