Review: old-fashioned writing style
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 4, 2012
If author Jon Hartling's presentation seems a bit puzzling, it's because he's a Lovecraft fan and is drawing his writing style from the 1920s. Although this clever short story doesn't have the more in-depth, personal perspective favored by modern writers, that doesn't detract from his realistic characters and smooth, subtle plotline. [SPOILER ALERT] I'd love to know what would have happened if the boy HAD been taken by the snow owl to Lukana, but that's a story for a longer book. [END SPOILER ALERT]This short story is well edited and formatted, and contains few grammatical errors. There's little here to irritate the most nitpicky of readers.