Dark musings by David Boiani.
A Collection of Short Stories.
What if real life scenarios were far more horrific than fantasy? What if you could visit the dark, unsettling mind of one man and experience the disturbing thoughts that originate there? These fifteen stories are unconnected, but they all share a similar trait: they're haunting, yet unnervingly real, and promise to induce a terror that stays with you long after the final page is turned. In Death, a man's phobia plays a major part in his mortality. In The End of the Road Diner, the special on the lunch menu may not be what is advertised. And in Incubus, a specter haunts a bed and breakfast.
STORIES INCLUDE:
The Neighbor
Loss
Faith
Death
Room
Conception 
Aaron
The Monster
The End of the Road Diner
A Midwinter's Evening Tale
Motherhood
Inferno
Roulette
Incubus
Childhood
A good collection of stories. Some were better than others. 4*.

An interesting but unmemorable collection of stories. A couple of months after reading it Motherhood is the only one that stick in my mind.

Formatting may have changed, but in my version there is a barbed wire graphic between almost ever paragraph in some of the stories. I felt like I was reading a 90s webpage more than an e-book.

Some of the stories were a bit interesting, but that's it....just a bit. Not enough to be memorable .

I enjoy dark short story collections and was not disappointed after reading Dark Musings. The stories often have a one word title and are linked by fear and a sense of terror and foreboding. Some I would describe as pure horror and others are more psychological in nature. They have different lengths and having read this a few weeks ago I would say my two favourites are the one about the creepy neighbour which has a supernatural element to it and the one about the father in a coma which posses profound moral questions when he hears his family talking about ending his life unaware that he can hear them.

The writing is good and often I liked the twists that sometimes occurred at the end also there is an afterwords at the end of each story which gives an insight into what the author was hoping to achieve. Yes I would recommend this collection and would read more from this author.