The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron

Today's fiction post is on The Children of Old Leech: A Tribute to the Carnivorous Cosmos of Laird Barron by Ross E. Lockhart (Editor) and Justin Steele (Editor). It is 342 pages long and is published by Word Horde. The cover is black with leeches and a broken red circle. The intended reader is someone who has read some of Laird Barron's work. There is some foul language, implied sexuality, and horror violence in this book. The stories are told from different points of view per story. There Be Spoilers Ahead.

From the back of the book- There are Things — terrifying Things — whispered of in darkened forests beyond the safe comfort of firelight: The Black Guide, the Broken Ouroboros, the Pageant, Belphegor, Old Leech...
These Things have always been here. They predate you. They will outlast you.
This book pays tribute to those Things.
For We are the Children of Old Leech...and we love you.

Review- This was an interesting series short stories set in the universe of the Old Leech from Laird Barron. From stories about the Old Leech eating people in parts to people seeing him in the flesh and what horrors that brings. The writing styles are very diverse and give the reader many options for setting and characters. If you have read Barron's work, this collection is a nice companion but for the horror fan who has not read Barron, you will get less out of this collection and should go read Barron's work. Enjoyable collection for Laird Barron fans. 

I give this collection of a Three out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I borrowed this book from my local library.