I
posted this review on Amazon, but I thought that it wouldn’t hurt posting it
here too with the hope it might reach a few more people. I really loved this
book! I had acquired it earlier, when I only had Kindle for PC, but it was the
first book I read now on my not-even-a-week-old Kindle Paperwhite. Too bad
Kindle doesn’t show the colours. I love the cover art, by the very talented
Lana Gramlich. In colour or in black and white, this photo gives me an eerie
feeling that’s perfect for the stories.
Here
goes:
In
this aptly titled collection, Charles Gramlich has gathered fifteen very short
stories. In them, there are ghosts, aliens, planets, spaceships, or just human
beings whose bizarre behaviour or circumstances warrant them a place in this
anthology of the weird.
Out
of the fifteen stories, some are lyrical, some are humorous, some are tinged
with sadness, most are disturbing, one was downright scary, and all of them
have a delightful twist in the end. As a bonus, in the end we get a bit of
history about the author’s early literary influences and a bit of history about
each piece – this is a part I enjoyed just as much as reading the stories
themselves
Visit Charles at Razored Zen.
