{"id":31883,"date":"2024-03-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=31883"},"modified":"2024-01-12T12:33:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T18:33:53","slug":"review-horror-novella-ankle-snatcher-by-grady-hendrix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=31883","title":{"rendered":"#Review #Horror #Novella &#8211; Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/91us3HlTPCL._SY522_.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/91us3HlTPCL._SY522_.jpg?resize=348%2C522&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/91us3HlTPCL._SY522_.jpg?w=348 348w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/91us3HlTPCL._SY522_.jpg?resize=200%2C300 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Obey the rules. It\u2019s the only way to survive the night in a short story about what hides in the dark by the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;bestselling author of&nbsp;<em>The Southern Book Club\u2019s Guide to Slaying Vampires<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Marcus grew up believing his father killed his mother\u2014then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights on, his father warned, or the boogeyman will get you. Marcus still heeds the superstition, especially when he invites his new girlfriend over. Is Marcus haunted by a creature or has he just inherited his father\u2019s murderous delusions? The night will tell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Grady Hendrix\u2019s&nbsp;<\/em>Ankle Snatcher<em>&nbsp;is part of&nbsp;<\/em>Creature Feature<em>, a collection of devilishly creepy stories that tingle the spine and twist the mind. They can be read or listened to in one petrifying sitting.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jo.jpg?resize=474%2C158\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25379\" style=\"width:453px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jo.jpg?w=900 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jo.jpg?resize=300%2C100 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/twinsietalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/jo.jpg?resize=768%2C256 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>We meet Marcus who is on a date with Tess. When he starts sharing a little bit about his past with her, I found this part creepy. His dad apparently killed his mom and blamed it on the &#8220;Ankle Snatcher&#8221;. So now when I get out of bed, I&#8217;m going to be thinking of this. Thanx, Grady. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a fun quick little read and as someone who&#8217;s scared of the monster under the bed, this one was definitely creepy for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marcus struggles with the idea that the Ankle Snatcher is all made up in his head or or if it could be an actual thing. He finds out that he&#8217;s not alone in believing that the Ankle Snatcher or other forms of boogeymen exist but he still questions those beliefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This story is my favourite so far of the Creature Feature series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Available in Kindle Unlimited &#8211;<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/41KB9ol\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/41KB9ol<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obey the rules. It\u2019s the only way to survive the night in a short story about what hides in the dark by the&nbsp;New York Times&nbsp;bestselling author of&nbsp;The Southern Book Club\u2019s Guide to Slaying Vampires. Marcus grew up believing his father killed his mother\u2014then blamed it on the boogeyman under the bed. Always leave the lights &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/?p=31883\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">#Review #Horror #Novella &#8211; Ankle Snatcher by Grady Hendrix<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1029,1507,30],"tags":[1684],"class_list":["post-31883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-horror","category-kindle-unlimited","category-novella","tag-grady-hendrix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paSW8H-8if","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31883"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31883\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31940,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31883\/revisions\/31940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/twinsietalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}