An interesting and unique collection of macabre short stories. Every single story felt very different and there were some very fresh takes on horror alongside some tried and true spooky tropes. A fun read and I'm interested to read more from the author!

This is a book with different novellas - that is to say each story stands on its own. I could certainly see the craftmanship in the language but none of the stories really stuck to me at all. Not the book for me but I’m sure other people will enjoy it a lot more.

The description of this horror collection from Gianni Washington had me intrigued as it sounded so varied, varied but all of the descriptions were so dark.

The first story gripped me immediately and was a good indication of the quality of the rest of the collection, so Cenobite, and so well written

From cosmic horror this collection of short stories seemed to have something for all tastes, some slightly bloodier than others, some going down a very slow burn route, but no matter which story it was the pay off was always worth it.

As with all collections some where stronger than others but that is always down to personal taste and for me my three stand outs were: Prelude: The Glass Terminal, Redemption Express, and Hold Still, but there really isn’t a terrible story in this collection.

This is a great example of the short story horror form and looking forward to reading more from Gianni.

I received this from NetGalley and Serpent’s Tail in exchange for an honest review.

I don't usually pick up short story collections but I was drawn to "Flowers from the Void" by Gianni Washington because it is published by Viper, my favourite publishing house. Sadly it was a mixed bag. Most stories didn't stick and I found myself skimming over them. However there are some real gems in this collection and like a previous reviewer, I really enjoyed the stories about the girl and her shadow, the alien obsessed with eyeballs and the people whose bodies were falling apart. Those stories definitely scored higher than my overall rating of 3.

Got this for review from netgalley.
There where some stories that really griped me and I very much liked others didn't stick. But it was well written but as its easy with short story collections some where higher and some didn't hit as much. But the ones I really liked where 4 stars.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC to review.

For me this was a 3.5 stars.

This is a solid collection of stories. I did find myself liking some more than others, but overall, I did enjoy this!

The characters are written very well and the pacing was excellent. I think I wanted a bit more out of some of the stories.

I would still recommend to any fans of the genre though.

The main thing I’m looking for in a SFF short story collection is creativity and Flowers from the Void definitely delivers that! Every story feels so different and I loved that. Not all of them were hits for me (as is it be expected with any short story collection), but a good deal of them were. My three favourites had to be the one about the alien creature that was fascinated by human eyeballs, the one about the little girl who lacked a shadow, and the one where people’s bodies fell apart.

It can also often be a little jarring jumping between stories in a collection, but I felt settled into each tale in Flowers from the Void within just a page or two, which is a testament to how well written it is. I’m looking forward to reading more from Gianni Washington in the future because this collection was darkly delightful.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an ARC to review!

3 stars!

I sadly didn’t love this as much I had hoped but one story I really liked which was Under Your Skin. I got really invested into Phillip’s story and character and could easily read a full length story from that.

I loved how the collection was written, it was well done and had really great descriptions that created a fantastic atmosphere while reading, I just sadly didn’t get invested in all of the stories as I did with Under Your Skin.