by Christina Persaud
Whether shopping online or perusing an antique mall on a Saturday afternoon, we’ve all experienced the thrill of the hunt. But what if what you were searching for wasn’t anything you’d find at a typical store? If you’re seeking anything but the mundane, go to one place, a real place called ‘The Dusty Tiger’.
Tales From the Dusty Tiger is a new horror collection inspired by an oddities shop located in Tampa, Florida. Author Joshua Ginsberg, known for his paranormal travel guides and horror fiction, makes the eccentric store the focal point of his book. Keeping one foot in travel journalism and the other in his horrific imagination, Ginsberg expertly weaves more than a dozen stories in his inaugural collection.
To those living in the Tampa area, the anthology is a special treat. Locations mentioned in the book – Gibsonton, Ybor City, and others – are real places, and this fact gives the stories a level of authenticity that makes each tale feel frighteningly real feel, too.
The book is like a walk through the store itself. At the counter, you’ll find welcoming proprietors Justin and Hex. Inside, you will see bottles of various wet specimens, taxidermy fails, ritualistic objects used in occult practices, and so much more that it would seem impossible to list. Aside from being well, weird, it can easily be stated that each item for sale is not for the timid or easily scared.
Definitely nothing for the squeamish shopper here.
The stories are as varied as the strange objects themselves. Ginsberg mixes in a healthy dose of history, pop culture, and even whimsy. From a model ship of damned souls to a mysterious box with a hole no one should stick any finger into and strange miniature monsters, readers of Tales From the Dusty Tiger will be creepily delighted with every turn of the page.
Take some time to browse the amazing items for sale at the Dusty Tiger and bring home something wonderfully terrifying today.
Find Tales from the Dusty Tiger by Joshua Ginsberg everywhere books are sold.