For A Glimpse Beyond the Terminus

For A Glimpse Beyond the Terminus marks the second collection of horror and emotion by author Jordan R. Anderson. Within these pages, a middle-aged man encounters oddity in a used car purchase, leaving him torn between apprehension and curiosity. A young employee of a tech firm discovers strange abilities in the wake of losing his virginity. After the stillbirth of her child, a woman flees from her pursuant nightmares into the arms of her sole blood relative. A boy’s patience is tested and his faith is challenged as he awaits prophecy under the guidance of his mother’s righteous fervor. These and other tales lay elbow-to-elbow like corpses in a mass grave, offering unique struggles and differing perspectives on the meaning of life, death and the space between.

Anderson’s writing is his own, but you could make comparisons to H. P. Lovecraft in his love for detail and the slowly mounting terror in his stories. There is also a good deal of science fiction in the mix that might make one think of Ray Bradbury for the humanity and Michael Crichton for the tech end of things. -Brian J. Lewis, Horror Review