Review: A Taste of Barker
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 6, 2012
"I just read the short story 'Feed" by Author Jerry McKinney that restores my faith in horror's potential when it comes to the subject of vampires.The beauty of this tale is the fact that for the beginning I fancied it being the same old-same old. The only thing that made it different was the writing. I found myself walking beside the character as he struggled through his new existence. I could see the sights and smell the foul stench of not only his haunts but his actions. The pacing was also very well done.The pay-off came with a twist, and man was it good! What we thought we knew was suddenly tossed out of a second-storey window where we, along with McKinney's main character, had been peeking through. We were all duped, let me tell you.With an unexpected twist and writing that reminded me of the best of Clive Barker, McKinney surprised me and made me an instant convert. Beware reader, 'Feed' might mean more than you think it means."