We All Die What Are Our Lives

The focus of this blog is Leonbergers but sometimes I post about books that are not about Leonbergers but that I want to promote. This is another one of those. I am reviewing and promoting a great collection of short horror and spooky stories called And the Grave Awaits by Roberta Eaton Cheadle. I bought the kindle version.

  • Paperback –  Published July 5, 2024, ASIN : B0D8BJRCFC, ISBN-13: ISBN-13 : 979-8328600293, 194 pages, Item Weight : 12.5 ounces, Dimensions : 6 x 0.44 x 9 inches, it cost  $10.99 on US Amazon. Click here to order it from Amazon.com.
  • Kindle –  Published July 5, 2024, ASIN : B0D7745TZB, 204 pages, it costs $5.99 on US Amazon, it is free with Kindle unlimited. Click here to order it from Amazon.com.
The front cover features red roses in a black vase in front what looks like a gravestone.
Front cover of And the Grave Awaitsby Robbie Eaton Cheadle. Click on the image to go to the Amazon page for the paperback.

Amazon’s description of the book

A collection of short paranormal and dark stories.

Includes the award-winning short story, The Bite.

A group of boys participate in a reality television challenge; to the death.

What does it mean to be a Canary Girl? One young woman is about to find out.

Where is the bride? A beautiful young woman goes missing during a game of hide and seek on her wedding day.

Some stories will make you cry, some will make you gasp, and some will leave you believing in vigilante justice. All will end with a grave.

Below is my review of And the Grave Awaits by Robbie Cheadle Click Here To See My Review On Amazon

16 Fun and hair-raising spooky stories

This is a collection of 16 spooky and creepy stories. Some of them are horror stories, some of them are paranormal stories and some of them are historical fiction depicting dark events in the past. All of them are spellbinding and interesting. There are spider dances, ghosts, séances, human sacrifice, sirens, murders, mass murderers, deadly diseases, icy magical mountains, enraged gods, volcanoes, 500-year-old history, war and poisoning, baby farming, gruesome death, chimney sweep children, and much more. Many of the stories end in death but some of them have happy endings.

The stories are fiction and quite imaginative, but they all have a background in reality whether it is a historical event or some gruesome tradition or myth from the past. At the end of each story the author has an “About” section explaining the background to the story. This ends up being quite educational. At least I learned a lot from reading the About sections, and sometimes I also googled the information to learn more.

I think my favorite story was Glass Mountain. This was a science fiction-like story taking place in the future. A group of young men participate in a reality TV game show. If they succeed in their quest, they will be rich. They are supposed to climb a mysterious and icy mountain called Glass Mountain. The problem is that no one comes back from the climb, and the young men eventually found out why. Another fascinating story was the siren who was raised as a human vegetarian, which is like trying to make your cat a vegetarian. Her father also did not allow her to sing. As you may guess, she grew up.

Above all these 16 stories are very entertaining. I love spooky stories and these stories were thrilling, unique, creative and very well written. I highly recommend this book.

About the Author

Photo of Robbie Cheadle author of And the Grave Awaits.

Award-winning bestselling author, Robbie Cheadle, has published fourteen children’s books and two poetry books. Her work has also appeared in poetry and short story anthologies.

Robbie also has two novels published under the name of Roberta Eaton Cheadle and has horror, paranormal, and fantasy short stories featured in several anthologies under this name.

The eleven Sir Chocolate children’s picture books, co-authored by Robbie and Michael Cheadle, are written in sweet, short rhymes which are easy for young children to follow and are illustrated with pictures of delicious cakes and cake decorations. Each book also includes simple recipes or biscuit art directions which children can make under adult supervision.

Robbie’s blog includes recipes, fondant and cake artwork, poetry, and book reviews. https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/

Click here to visit is her Goodreads page

Click here to visit her TSL Publications Page

Click here to visit is her Twitter account

Click here to visit is her Facebook account

These are her published books on Amazon

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Author: thomasstigwikman

My name is Thomas Wikman. I am a software/robotics engineer with a background in physics. I am currently retired. I took early retirement. I am a dog lover, and especially a Leonberger lover, a home brewer, craft beer enthusiast, I’m learning French, and I am an avid reader. I live in Dallas, Texas, but I am originally from Sweden. I am married to Claudia, and we have three children. I have two blogs. The first feature the crazy adventures of our Leonberger Le Bronco von der Löwenhöhle as well as information on Leonbergers. The second blog, superfactful, feature information and facts I think are very interesting. With this blog I would like to create a list of facts that are accepted as true among the experts of the field and yet disputed amongst the public or highly surprising. These facts are special and in lieu of a better word I call them super-facts.

88 thoughts on “We All Die What Are Our Lives”

  1. Thomas, a terrific review of ‘And the Grave Awaits’! Its spooky nature yet sense of fun has me intrigued and I like how you describe the collection overall and then especially the Glass Mountain- I want to know more! 😀 The about section after each story sounds inspired as I always want to learn about the backstory of books, stories etc. I must say I am also taken with the dramatic cover, the juxtaposition of the black & white and the coloured red roses works brilliantly and incredibly eye-catching! A book I want to read! Congratulations, Robbie on this superlative review. Wishing you both a lovely weekend. 😀

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    1. Thank you so much Annika for your kind words. Yes I liked the imaginative surprises, the great story telling as well as the revealing of the truth behind the story in the end. In the past people could really be terrible. I agree the cover is quite interesting too.

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    2. HI Annika, I am thrilled by Thomas’ review. I am especially delighted he enjoyed Glass Mountain because I really like that particular story. Your comments about the cover are very pleasing as I drew the cover myself and its my first attempt at a cover design. Have a wonderful weekend, Annika.

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    3. Thank you so much Annika. I liked all stories but especially Glass Mountain because it was so imaginative and surprising. Naturally I should not reveal any surprises in a review. I wish you and Robbie a great weekend too.

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    1. Hi Patricia, Thomas has written an extraordinary review and I am very thrilled he enjoyed Glass Mountain. That story started with just an idea for a frozen mountain that was ‘glassy’ and impossible to climb. I hope you enjoy this book when you get to it. Halloween is just around the corner. I saw that Teri Polen was already talking about Dark Moon Rising this week.

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  7. A big congratulations to Robbie! I love your review, Thomas and Glass Mountain was definitely one of my favorites, but the last story really touched me and I cried. Thank you for sharing and wishing Robbie much success!

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      1. I had to look up more about that story in wikipedia and elsewhere. It was very sad that the women died, but it changed life for millions coming after, and I did not even know about this history before I read your book.

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    2. Thank you so much Jan. Yes the Radium Girls. So many stupid and ignorant mistakes were made in past and even though it was sad it led to important laws and protections we so much enjoy today. The radium girls was one of stories that led me to look up, starting with wikipedia. An incredible story, both Robbie’s fiction of it, but the reality as well.

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  9. Hi Thomas, thank you very much for this thoughtful review of And the Grave Awaits. As mentioned, I am really thrilled that you enjoyed Glass Mountain as that story was a bit different for me. I’m pleased it worked well for you. I hope that you have recovered from Covid and will be able to enjoy the weekend.

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    1. I loved all the stories but Glass Mountain was especially intriguing to me both dark and fun and very imaginative and with a surprising twist I did not see coming. Thank you so much Robbie and I hope you and your family have a great weekend.

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  16. Great reviews Thomas. Your posts remind me of what an avid reader I used to be and that I do miss not having the time to read as much as I did. I too enjoy horror and sci-fi so Glass Mountain does appeal.

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      2. Yes I am lucky I could retire early. We are in good shape. My doctor says that I am pretty good health and should have many years ahead of me to do what I want. A collegue at work was going to retire at 65 and he died at 64 1/2 from an unexpected hearth attack. You never know.

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