Review: mixed feelings on this one
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 28, 2013
This collection of short stories from Matt Hults is a free read and serves as an introduction to his work. It's a quick read as there are only four stories. In addition, there are a number of preview chapters for other authors on the same press. An interesting marketing idea to say the least.As for Hults' stories, I had mixed feelings as I read through them. He has a particular style of writing that I did not always feel in tune with--the humorous element to horror. The first story, "Anything Can Be Dangerous" is a perfect example. It's about killer plastic bags. Yes, you did read that correctly. Now this has the potential to be extremely dark or extremely silly. Hults actually pulled it off, but there was nonetheless a strain of humor that broke the surface too often for my taste. "Feeding Frenzy" was an interesting zombie tale. "Through the Valley of Death" was the shining star of the collection. "The Finger" closes out the collection and this one's strong on the humor/ horror blend.As for the novel previews, I will not even give most of them space here. Violent, gore, rape, torture. I stopped after the first few paragraphs for most. Read this one for the Hults stories. They're worth the free download.