Review: Major worm carnage, not much in the way of characterization, save for a dog
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 28, 2013
What, where? Exploding toilets with sewage and worms attack a quiet, neighborhood street and its fleshy, human inhabitants. How? The worms swim freely through sewage and can--and do--attack at will. Why? The answer to that question is muddy, which takes away from the overall story.You can tell author Tim Curran had a lot of fun writing this B-movie inspired novella. It's almost pure non-stop action from page one until the ending. The strengths and weaknesses lie in the constraints of the format: the camera never stays long enough on the same character for the reader to get to know him/her/them and thus the horror is less felt by the reader.Descriptions, as expected in a Curran story, are awesome. Particularly when it comes to describing the carnage the worms deliver. The ending is way too abrupt to be satisfying, almost as if the author got tired of writing about the worms doing damage and decided to quickly finish.This one feels like it would have fit Curran's zombie collection, Zombie Pulp well (obviously no zombies here, but it has very similar pacing and action as numerous stories within the collection). I enjoyed reading it simply because the author enjoyed writing it, but ultimately it left the impression of a fast food meal: something to fill a hungry belly, not something holding long lasting merit and memory. As long as the reader isn't going to take it too seriously, it's fun and recommended. 3.5 stars, rounded up. 1,826 Kindle locations.