Review: Deep and Engrossing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 3, 2012
Sometimes I can't put into words the effect a story has on me.  This is one of those times.  There is something haunting about "Dark Curtains," and I don't mean that it is simply a ghost story.  It has a spookiness and mystery similar to stories like Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, but it is much more than that. It has a sensual quality and a feeling of sadness that comes from unrequited love, which makes this story particularly engrossing.  There is something deeper that seems to run through the plot that grabs you and keeps your interest up to the very last page.  The version of the story I read includes an alternate ending.  If you enjoy learning about the writing process, I would encourage you to read both endings and Evans Light's reasoning behind the change.  I can't say which ending I like better, but both provide a unique outcome to a strange, puzzling story. How the story came into existence is just as intriguing as the story itself.  This is definitely one of my favorite stories by this author.