As frightening as this got, there were still many, many times when I laughed out loud. I refuse to tell you more, you will have to pick this one up and discover for yourself. Just imagining myself being there, trapped there. I'm not really sure what it was about it. Let's call it the Willow World, scenes from which chilled me to the bone. That's what they find, Narnia from HELL!!!Īs anyone would, they go explore this unexpected world. She even kindles a friendship with Simon, the barista at the coffee shop next door.Īfter a tourist knocks a hole in the wall of the second floor of the museum, Carrot, definitely lacking the skills to repair such damage, enlists Simon's help.Īs they peer through the hole, Carrot and Simon discover more than general building innards. Along with her cat, Beau, it begins to feel like home. With Carrot around to help, Uncle Earl finally plans to have the knee surgeries he has been putting off.Īs he heads off to hospital, Carrot falls into the groove of running the museum. He has spent years curating the various items, including a vast collection of taxidermy, and tends to it with extreme care.Ĭarrot's favorite piece is an elk head, known as Prince, which her Uncle has now placed in her room above the bed to make her feel more comfortable. The museum, think smaller version of Ripley's Believe It or Not, is her Uncle's pride and joy. Recently divorced, Kara, known as Carrot to her family and friends, returns to her beloved Uncle Earl's Museum of Wonders to live, lick her wounds and help him out. With the low-key fangirling out of the way, let's get into the story, shall we? If you haven't read anything by Kingfisher yet, in my opinion, The Hollow Places would be a great place to start. The humor and heart brought to her stories is refreshing in the Horror space. It's hard to nail weird, yet she does, and we love to see it! The Hollow Places is a super WEIRD, extremely well-written Horror story, penned in Kingfisher's signature quirky style.

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