You Are Just A Guest Short Story Review

This week I have been reviewing a short horror story penned by James T Kelly. 

You Are Just A Guest is about a married couple who have just moved into their first home and told through a series of blog entries by writer Annie and her husband Jon’s Twitter account. 

Upon moving into their new home Annie and Jon start hearing strange noises, namely in the walls which gradually get worse and worse as their days in their new home move on. After Annie sees something in the mirror one evening the couple call in a medium to help them try to find out what is haunting their home but things do not end well. 

For a short story this tale builds the suspense well, considering it is told through blog posts and not much dialogue. It starts off with the couple dismissing the strange events in their home before stepping up a gear as they become more frightened and you’ll want to read right to the end. 

My only complaint though is that you never really find out what it is that is haunting them, which is a bit disappointing. 

I really liked the horror references though and the Twitter one to Assassin's Creed (which I am a fan of :) ). 

Anyway, this is a pretty solid short story from the pen of a new, upcoming author. I look forward to reading James T Kelly’s other works in the future.

You Are Just A Guest gets 6/10

You Are Just A Guest can be found on Kindle here.