It Haunts the Mind: And Other Stories

By: Nick Roberts, Crystal Lake Publishing, Crystal Lake Audio

Narrated by: Alex Schiffer

Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's summary

From Nick Roberts, the best-selling author of The Exorcist's House and Anathema, comes fifteen dark tales that are as horrific as they are moving.

Witness absolute evil in “Sally Under the Bed” and “It Haunts the Mind.” Endure vengeance and violence in “The Noose” and “The Bitter End.” Face the realities of addiction and grief in “Thanks for Sharing” and “The Weeping Wind.”

Survive otherworldly monsters in “The Paperboy” and “Voodoo Bay.”In balancing the terrors of the supernatural with the horrors of real life, this collection drags you down the dark alleys of a haunted mind, forcing you to confront your demons, both real and imaginary.

“Come for the horror, stay for the heartbreaking emotion that bleeds into every page. Roberts really shows his range here, and it’s obvious early on in these stories that they will stick with you long after reading them. It Haunts The Mind is that damn good.”—John Durgin, author of The Cursed Among Us and Inside The Devil’s Nest.

“Nick Roberts has an uncanny ability to scare the bejesus out of readers. With It Haunts the Mind & Other Stories, he does it time and time again. Highly recommended if you don’t want to sleep in the dark again.”—James Aquilone, Bram Stoker Award-nominated editor and writer of Classic Monsters Unleashed, Shakespeare Unleashed, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker - 50th Anniversary

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Critic reviews

“Come for the horror, stay for the heartbreaking emotion that bleeds into every page. Roberts really shows his range here, and it’s obvious early on in these stories that they will stick with you long after reading them. It Haunts The Mind is that damn good.”—John Durgin, author of The Cursed Among Us and Inside The Devil’s Nest.

“Nick Roberts has an uncanny ability to scare the bejesus out of readers. With It Haunts the Mind & Other Stories, he does it time and time again. Highly recommended if you don’t want to sleep in the dark again."—James Aquilone, Bram Stoker Award-nominated editor and writer of Classic Monsters Unleashed, Shakespeare Unleashed, and Kolchak: The Night Stalker - 50th Anniversary

Nick Roberts does it again !

This is a fantastic collection of short stories . can't wait to read or listen to what is next from Nick .

Great collection of short stories

Narrator was phenomenal. The author really showed range with this collection. Many of these stories go past the horror to deep and haunting. They will live with me for a while.

Some of my 5⭐️ favorites:
Sally Under the Bed
Thanks for Sharing
The Devils Road
The Paperboy
Two Decades Down
Percepto
It Haunts the Mind

These stories will HAUNT YOUR MIND FOR MONTHS!

LOVE short story collections. This one was totally different than any I’ve read. The title It Haunts the Mind is the absolute perfect name for this book. It had all I love in horror books and then some. It had monsters of all types, including human and substances. I grew up in a household with substance abuse issues and I will tell you those memories haunt my mind more than any horror movie or book I’ve ever read. These stories were beautiful, ugly, moving and terrifying. BRAVO and thank you for this collection!

My mind is haunted

I actually preordered a paperback of this, but I’ve been too busy to get to it. The author very kindly sent me over an audible code, so I was able to fit it in sooner. Sadly there is a short story where you are not supposed to say the rhyme out loud so now I am unfortunately cursed. Alex Schiffer does a pretty solid job with narration though.

This collection features 15 short stories, some of which have been published elsewhere before, but were entirely new to me. One of the cool things about them being from other anthologies is that you are getting a slew of locales and types of horror in this single collection, nothing reads as one note.

My personally favorite was Percepto! not only in its shock value, but also for the classic Vincent Price. A close runner up was Sally Under the Bed, which to me felt almost like Hendrix’s Ankle Snatcher but from a younger perspective and somehow even creepier.

Naturally, I’m really here to talk about It Haunts the Mind. The collection’s namesake, but also a short story from the world of The Exorcist’s House (which I absolutely loved). I believe this fits somewhere within the opening of the novel and the family moving into the vacated house. Three teens plan to get drunk and look around. They’ve heard rumors, but they aren’t scared. Fans will see a familiar face, and be haunted by a familiar, foul-mouthed presence. With it being short it doesn’t quite hit the same level of creepy, but I enjoyed the extra layer in background.

Personally a 4.5/5*.

Great Collection of Short Horror Stories

It’s difficult to tell a good short story but Nick Robert’s does a great job! I enjoyed every single one.

Excellent Horror Short Story Collection!

This was an excellent collection of horror short stories! Most of these stories were fun, gruesome, and memorable, which is exactly what I want from horror short stories! My personal favorites were Sally Under The Bed, The Deal, Thanks For Sharing, Grandma Ruth, Percepto!, The Devil’s Road, Voodoo Bay, and It Haunts The Mind. I will definitely read more collections if he published any more!

skip #14 if graphic child abuse isn’t your thing

the first time i’ve ever wanted a content warning.

some of the stories are scary, some are just “intense.”

No

I don't see what the hype is about. One, maybe three good ones. The rest was trash. This was NOT scary at all.

Boring

I bought this book because of the reviews. The book is boring and did not keep my attention. There is nothing scary about it