Review: Dark Zombie Western
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
Red Dust:  The Fall is a collection of short stories that revolve around the zombie apocalypse in the American Wild West.  The stories are interconnected and there is some overlap from one story to the next.I am really enjoying the resurgence of the western genre.  This is not your typical John Wayne western, where the bad guy wears a black hat and the good guy wears a white one.  It is a simple kill or be killed, the bad guys are not always the zombies.  It is eerily chilling how with a common enemy people could be so cruel to one another, failing to unite.  Unfortunately, this is probably what would happen.Sometimes authors take the zombie apocalypse and they go on the lighter side of it…have some fun, which I will admit, I do enjoy.  Dixon and Campbell went in the opposite direction, they went to a deep dark place in the human soul, and then they contrasted it with selfless heroism.I am usually not a fan of short stories.  I find that I need more time to develop a connection to the characters, however, I found that it was easy to get drawn into these stories. In Red Dust, they get straight to the point and focus on the character so that I cared about them right from the start.If you are looking for a dark story of humanity, then I would recommend Red Dust.  The story pulls you in and satisfies you when it is over.  It left me curious…”where do we go from here?”