Review: Nothing to fear but the bogus 5 star reviews.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2012
This short story tried to convey the idea that the protagonist and his friends have the ability to see shadow beings when the lights are off.  These beings are friendly (for the most part) and remain a part of the lives of the "Vauns" who can see them.  When things do go wrong, simply shining a light of any kind banishes the Fearlings back to the darkness.  Sounds good, right?  Unfortunately it's not; the story reads like a screen play with past and present headers and a descriptive narrative style which I found quite unpleasant.  It reminds me of a play-by-play announcer for any sporting event.  The story moves along with narratives of the past and present and then just sort of peters out...you have an unexpected epilogue and BOOM it's over;  realize, it's not reeeaaally over, but this particular episode is.I don't know...I guess it simply wasn't compelling enough to really capture my fancy and keep me interested.  The weird writing style was the final death blow.  So...if you want to pretend you are a big time movie or play producer and you are reading scripts, looking for your next big "winner",  you'll most likely enjoy this offering but...you won't be winning any awards for your insight on this "shot in the dark".  I give it 2 1/2 stars for originality.