“SPOOKY AMBIGUOUS” - ghost stories and poetry, fangs and fairy tales, perfect for a Halloween fan…. “Ghosts and vampires, zombies and werewolves. A mirror with danger at its heart. A child is delighted to discover she is a witch and a village disappears under a fairy curse. A selfie finds her way back to the waves, before a blood moon rises bringing with it, its own secrets………” Spooky Ambiguous is a collation of superb tales and poems perfectly selected for the approach of Autumn or if like me, you just love ghostly stories anytime of the year. This is THE collection to have on your book shelves, it looks good, reads wells and slowly instils that cold gothic chill of fear down your spine. Incorporating a huge amount of variety - poems, short and long stories, this book guarantees something for everyone and I’d probably say for all ages too. My particular favourite was tale of “The Flooding”, realistic and really caught my breath but there truly wasn’t one I didn’t like, as I found them all enjoyable. If I’m honest I’m not really a poem person, I sometimes struggle with the rhythm of them but the ones included here are scholarly, well thought out and just perfectly sinister. Lorna Brookes of Crumps Barn Studio has selected some definite unique voices, all drawing upon emotion, whether it be life and loss or love and laughter, creating magic, romance, danger and much much more. Written by too many individual authors to acknowledge and spookily illustrated by Lorna Gray with charcoal drawings throughout, this is the perfect gift or for a nice little treat to settle down with, as the evenings draw in. #SpookyAmbiguous - 4 stars