Review: Classic short horror with serious chills
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
Car Nex is a short story taken from one the author’s longer collections, called What Price Gory. It’s also an excellent example of short horror fiction, with hints of backstory carefully saved until the reader really cares, then spread like breadcrumbs, rather like the surviving characters, waiting to be devoured. The monster approaches, but which is worse—the monster’s mere existence; the deeds it’s done; or the way it came into this world?There’s a classic horror feel to a character telling his own tale of terror, surrounded by fearful listeners. The dynamics of the group shift and change as fear and anger vie for control. But true control lies in an unexpected place and the ending’s as right as it is surprising—the only way i could be, and so hauntingly told.Disclosure: I got this free and I’d love to read more by this writer.