Great short stories. Catriona Ward was the only author I was familiar with, so the others were a nice introduction. Great book.

**4.5 stars rounded up for Goodreads**

This was a ourstanding short story collection from some of today’s top horror authors. I liked it even more than the last horror collection I read, Creature Feature. I will review each story individually.

—Jackknife by Joe Hill: 4 stars

—The Indigo Room by Stephen Graham Jones: 3.5 stars

—The Blanks by Grady Hendrix: 5 stars. This was my favorite story of the bunch and I do believe my favorite Hendrix tale, ever. It was so creepy and I want MORE!

—Night and Day in Misery by Catriona Ward: 3.5 stars. This was an equal mix emotional, moving, and creepy.

—Letter Slot by Owen King: 5 stars. This was the first story by Owen King I’ve ever read and I loved it. It was original and moving, felt reminiscent of his Dad’s style.

All in all I recommend this collection to all horror fans!

**Thanks to the authors and Amazon for the e-arc I received via NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion.**

*4.5 stars overall rounded to 5*

What a wonderful little collection of creepy stories! I devoured these in one day. They all had something that made my skin crawl and made my jaw drop.

Here are my star ratings/mini reviews for each story:

Jack Knife - Joe Hill
3.5⭐️
It was creepy and the premise was unique, but it sort of felt like the ending was abrupt and left me wanting more.

The Indigo Room - Stephen Graham Jones
4⭐️
This story was creepy and pulled at the heart strings. This made me nervous to walk into the meeting rooms at my job. 😂 Sorry boss, can’t come to the meeting, Stephen Graham Jones says so!

The Blanks - Grady Hendrix
5🌟
I LOVED THIS STORY! Imagine Happy Place by Emily Henry, but scary and extra heart-wrenching. I will be doing DEEP internet/Reddit dives on all places I vacation from now on 🥲

Night and Day in Misery - Catriona Ward
5🌟
RIP MY HEART OUT WHY DON’T YOU OMG!!! I couldn’t stop thinking about this story after it was over. It’s deep and feels real. What a wild ride.

Letter Slot - Owen King
5🌟
This was such a great story. I was hooked from the very beginning. And that twist? Got me good. A classic, “would you bring yourself good luck if it brought harm to others,” story. Always a good time.

I would recommend this to anyone looking for a quick, gripping collection of horror stories.

The Shivers Collection is such a fun ride—quick, creepy reads from some of the best names in horror right now: Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward, Owen King... seriously, what a lineup.

These stories are short but hit hard. Each one brings something different to the table—some are weird, some are brutal, some are more psychological—but they all have that “just one more before bed” energy (even if they might make you regret it). You can definitely feel each author’s unique style come through, which makes the collection feel really dynamic.

Not every story was a home run for me, but none of them were duds either, and the highlights were really good. If you’re into horror and want something bite-sized that still packs a punch, this is totally worth picking up.

Great for fans of short fiction, spooky vibes, and quick scares you’ll keep thinking about later.

This is an interesting compilation of short stories by premier horror authors. There are 5 authors, 4 men and 1 woman, including the 2 sons of Stephen King. The stories vary and, while I enjoyed reading all of them, I think my favorite is Owen King's LETTER SLOT. Young Blake discovers an old house with a letter slot that has special powers. At first Blake uses the power one way and gradually figures out another way to use its power. Pretty clever. Kudos to all the authors. Thanks to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for providing an ARC.

For a collection titled "The Shivers" I would have expected to have had minimal hair raising for each and every story. Unfortunately, not only did the majority of this collection fall rather flat, it was simply not scary at all with a few notable exceptions.

The first two short stories introduced, Jackknife and The Indigo Room both felt like stories that were written last minute just before an assignment was due. With Joe Hill and Stephen Grahm Jones being both prolific horror writers, I was exceptionally disappointed in the lack of execution on both stories. While the writing was descriptive, the plot lines for both failed miserably. Jackknife started off extremely strong and quickly dissolved into an ending that simply did not make any sense, even though the author himself kept giving away an appropriate ending. Stephen Graham Jones' short story had the opposite effect. The beginning was slow if not outright boring and confusing and the ending had the cool shock value that while the cool idea was there, the actual storytelling failed to hit the mark to make it as creepy as it should have been. The author himself admitted to never having worked in an office, and honestly, it showed.

The Blanks by Grady Hendrix had an interesting concept that was reminiscent of Jimmy Juliano's Dead Eleven and Josh Malerman's The Bird Box. The problem I had with this one was not that it wasn't creepy, but that the creepiness was ultimately dismissed like any other day that ends in Y. As a huge Grady Hendrix fan, I missed the underlying dark humor for which he is known and was instead left...well, blank.

Catriona Ward's Night and Day in Misery was the second strongest of the five. It had a cohesive storyline that left me satisfied with strong details and believable characters. The only issue I had was the story has been done a thousand times over and I found it a bit predictable.

Owen King's Letter Slot was the best out of the entire collection. Clearly, he understood the assignment with a cohesive storyline, realistic charcters, and a hair raising short story that gave me all the goosebumps with the reveal at the end. This one could easily be nominated for a best horror short story award.

It is clear that all of these authors know how to write and everyone has that swirling idea that is not strong enough for a novel, but could be played around with for a short story. Unfortunately, several in this collection needed a bit more time and energy to make them truly give someone "the shivers"

Thank you to NetGalley, Amazon Original Stories, and the Authors for an advanced reader's copy in exchange for an honest review.

The Shivers, from Amazon Original Stories, collects a great group of horror authors to deliver five creepy short stories.

In Joe Hill's Jackknife, a professor finds a knife stabbed into a tree in the woods behind his house. When he removes the tree, he sets off a series of strange, violent events. Hill is a great short story writer and Jackknife did not fully land for me, but its creepy villain was certainly unique and Hill hints at a much broader history of terror.

In Stephen Graham Jones' The Indigo Room, an office worker has a strange hallucination in a meeting that sets off a horrible day in the workplace. I liked the initial scary moment, but I felt the story drag after that until it could get to its final reveal.

In Grady Hendrix's The Blanks, a peaceful seaside town is haunted by a threat they try their hardest to ignore. I really liked the creature and history that Hendrix set up in the story and this one for sure made me the most unsettled in the collection.

In Catriona Ward's Night and Day in Misery, a grieving woman visits the site of her husband and son's death, where she connects with the past to discover what happened to them. This was the story that was the hardest for me to get into, but I liked the emotional journey and ending it went on with the main character.

In Owen King's Letter Slot, a teen writing a note to his pen pal complaining about his and his mom's bad luck finds out his pen pal is willing to offer him a way out, for a price. Not a unique story, but a well done approach to a monkey-paw tale that was a nice way to wrap up the collection.

Overall, this was a very enjoyable collection of horror stories from some good modern writers. Not every story will hit for every person, but the authors put forward some unsettling scenarios that should stick with the reader.

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for a copy of the Shivers collection in exchange for an honest review.

I like this idea of a compilation of short horror stories by well-known authors. My favorites were "Letter Slot" by Owen King and "The Indigo Room" by Stephen Graham Jones.

I enjoyed these horror short stories overall. My favourites were definitely Day and Night in Misery and The Letters. I felt like all of them had different vibes and maybe shouldn't have all been in a collection together. I also felt like some didn't have as much of a horror element as I was expecting, which let me down.

Great collection of short horror stories. My favorite was The Blanks, but I want more...I need to know more about them.

I liked all of these stories. Great authors!

My favorites were Jackknife by Joe Hill and The Indigo Room by SGJ.

Dennis is trying to escape scandal and is hiding out in a cabin in the woods. He finds a tree with carvings and a jackknife. He removes the jackknife from the tree and unwittingly releases something he can’t control.

Jennifer starts seeing things that aren’t there in her office building. She has a terrible relationship with her ex husband ego decides to drop off their child at the office. That’s a big issue. I haven’t worked in a cubicle in years, but if you have, this story will give you heart palpitations.

These are available on Amazon as original stories.

Like most of the latest Amazon story collections, this one was a bit of a mixed bag. Much better than the awful Christmas collection they released last, this one had some gems. Described as a horror take on the mundane, I'm not sure if some of the stories really felt that connected to the theme. Stephen Graham Jones (who is already a hit-or-miss author for me) has a story that was just plain boring. Catriona Ward's (who I've never read before) felt a little cliche to be normal horror (as the theme suggests). Hendrix (who I normally love) has a solid entry, but felt too short to really get into. Once I knew what was going on, it was over (though I did like the ending). The King brothers were the saviors. Both of their entries felt like the best shades of their father. Joe Hill, in particular, is just a master at his craft. No matter the medium, you know he's going to bring something good to the table. All-in-all, it's not a bad collection, and I still love to read these as palate cleansers between longer novels. Not a bad way to spend the time.

Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward, and Owen King - what more could you want from a spooky short story collection?

This was a fantastic collection and I am thrilled I could read this (all in one sitting because I love to scare myself)

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for this ARC!

Five short horror stories that I enjoyed reading, all pretty good too. My favourite was probably the last story ‘Letter Slot’ by Owen King.

Thank you for the chance to read "The Shivers" collection by Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady Hendrix, Catriona Ward and Owen King.

I was so excited to be approved for this collection. The chance to read early short stories from some of my favorite authors was so exciting. The emotion and expansive imagery they are able to pack in to such a short story is amazing. I was also happy to have a chance to read some new to me authors and also enjoyed their stories. Thank you!

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Original Stories for providing a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I’ve no idea why but, without a single shred of evidence whatsoever, I’d decided I didn’t like the writing of Grady Hendrix. I’d never read any Grady Hendrix – I just decided… I WAS WRONG. His story ‘The Blanks’ (contained in this collection) proved me not only wrong, but also a blundering fool.

I read a lot of short stories, a lot a lot. Most level out at three stars or lower, a fair number make it to four stars, but not nearly enough. Eventually I start to wonder why I put myself through it. Then along comes something like ‘The Blanks’ that reminds me of the magic in a short story firing on all cylinders. It resonated with me like a cathedral bell, creepy, sinister, emotional and, in the final analysis, hideously affecting.

The other four stories are mostly good, solid horror yarns well worth your time. Though I have to admit one of the stories was not to my taste at all, but I’m not going to use my time here to dunk on it.

Solid collection overall, with ‘The Blanks’ by Grady Hendrix being worth the price of admission alone.

Average rating overall: 3.5/5

Jackknife by Joe Hill 3.25/5
The Indigo Room by Stephen Graham Jones 3.75/5
The Blanks by Grady Hendrix 3.25/5
Night and Day In Misery by Catriona Ward 2.75/5
Letter Slot by Owen King 4.25/5

The Blanks and Night and Day In Misery by Catriona Ward I didn't like their endings. And about Jackknife and The Indigo Room I wish the story was expanded a bit more.

This is a solid collection of short stories, with the ones from Grady Hendrix and Catriona Ward as the definitive standouts. These Amazon collections are perfect for limited reading time and pack a punch. Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for advance access to the collection.

These eerie short stories are absolutely perfect.
This is exactly what I needed for palate cleansers between books. The pacing of these were perfect as well as the ambiguous endings. I thoroughly enjoyed Joe Hill's and Catriona Ward's writing the best, but all stories were stunning pieces of doom.

Will add all the sub-reviews for each story but a very strong collection as a whole. Very creepy and emotional.

Jackknife: Great set up and setting, the Do not touch and obvious follow through outcome was very excellently played out

The Indigo Room: I work in an office to this very efficiently gave me the heebie jeebies and I will not be looking forward to the elevator Monday

Blanks: Superrrr creepy. Very scenic but also super unnerving. Will stick with me, the lack of clarity works here.

Night and Day in Misery: This story was devastating, I did not think I'd end up crying when I started this collection but this one was a doozy

The Letter Slot: Slow burn creepy, enjoyed the strong scene setting