Full collection review available on my blog, 02/05/2022: https://inkandplasma.com/2022/05/02/the-dark-corners-collection

I loved this horrible story. My favourite kind of horror is when someone's past comes back to bite them, and the dual timelines in this novella worked really well. We saw present day Amanda, preparing for Halloween and trying to make sure her daughter still gets her father's Halloween traditions. We also saw Amanda as a child, on the night that the Hannah-Beast legend was born. This story really drew out the horrors of humanity, the things people can do and the secrets they can keep, with a sharp as a whip ending that made my heart and my stomach lurch.