Book of short stories. My favorites were "A Bone in the Throat"' "Walker" and "Come as you Are". The other stories were ok but to me, these were the standouts. Good selection of short stories. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the advanced copy of this book in return for my honest review.

Getting your evil spells from Craig's List is never a good idea. Great middle school read for those reluctant readers who like creepy stories.

It's times like this that I wish I was a writer myself, so that I could more adequately describe how much I enjoyed this book and why any horror lover should be dropping everything to read this as soon as it becomes available. I mean seriously do yourself a favor and clean up your "to be read list"
The title story "Come As You Are" really grabbed me. I mean who doesn't hate a bully? Ivan is having a rough time at school, and when he finds a notebook belonging to a former student who was also bullied before he disappeared.. who can blame him for taking a peek? Revenge is not always sweet as Ivan finds out the hard way. This was an excellent story. It may say "young adult fiction" but to me it was just plain classic horror. It would have made for a great episode of Tales From The Crypt. I mean if Tales hadn't had so many clunkers and so few good episodes. If it is "young adult" it is only because it is horror without sex scenes and when you are being this entertained you don't need them. When it ended I thought to myself sure, here comes the bland filler stories to make this novel length. I will now admit that thought was WRONG. Nothing here is empty filler. Every single story is a creepy little gem. There's a man who has a new lease on life after recovering from oral cancer, in fact he's so happy he's singing, but heaven help you if you hear him. You may want to put your ear plugs in. Don't even get me started on what can happen if you wake a sleep walker. Everyone knows not to do that right? Unfortunately some don't believe until it's too late.
Do you have a fear of spiders? Not necessarily the big giant invaders of arachnophobia, but what about the little spider you can't see? The one that's hiding in your home right now, maybe plotting against you. I don't want to go on and on, giving away too much. I will just say if you have read my reviews you know I don't rate 5 stars often or lightly. Come As You Are gets a big fat freaky and frightening 5 out of 5 stars from me.

Do you remember what it was like at school when you were in seventh grade? If you weren't in the popular group, I suspect that you may have. What if you and your best friend were bullied would you do? Go to your parents for help? I don't think so. Ivan finds a way to get revenge or at least thinks he has? How did he do it? Will he change? It's an excellent novella.

This book is a collection of stories including one novella and nine stories. They are all exquisite horror stories. They all move quickly and are all types of different horror. Some of it is graphic but not all. The plots are unpredictable and full of surprises. Even though this is marketed for young adults, I think adults would enjoy them as much as I did. The author has a new fan!

Grim, gruesome, and buckets of fun, Ramirez's book will whet the appetites of genre buffs, but it will also, doubtlessly, lure new victims to the genre, who will be easy prey to the transformation into horror fans.

This is a solid collection of short horror stories.

Come as you are is a book which contains 10 short stories. The first and longest story is titled "Come as you are." Of all the stories, this was my favorite. I wished it was more than a short story. I would have loved for this to be longer. This story could have progressed with others acquiring Craig's list. As for the other stories, most of them ended so abruptly I was left looking for more. Not in the same way as the first story. For some of these, I felt like there was really no ending. Perhaps this is what Mr. Ramirez was looking to achieve. Being the cynic that I am, I wonder if a true ending simply eluded him. The writing style was very enjoyable and as I stated the first story was very good. I wanted more of this story in a good way. Most of the other stories left me wanting more, but as more of an explanation or a wrapping up of the story. Many people may appreciate the ambiguity of these stories, so please do not let my confusion stop you from giving this book a chance.