Review: Supernatural Horror from Fry
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
With his latest novella, Gary Fry takes a bit of a break from his usual cosmic horror themes and focuses on a more traditional horror story.  The result is a fairly entertaining read.Jane, a London model, is recently pregnant and worrying about how to handle her new situation.  At the same time, she books a job, one which specifically requested her and requires her to take a trip to northern Britain to a creepy old house.  Some spooky things happen while there that will have drastic effects on Jane and her unborn baby.Like I said, fairly traditional and outside of what's typically found in Fry's oeuvre (or at least the parts with which I'm familiar).  It seems obvious this is not a type of horror Fry has a lot of experience with writing; he has a few problems with focus, as if he wasn't sure what aspects of Jane's life he needed to focus on, and pacing is an issue sometimes.  As I see it, both of these problems could have been solved by a bit more judicious editing, or by fleshing the story out into novel length.  However, these are minor complaints and the novella is still solid and entertaining.