Review: Had potential but falls flat.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2012
This story starts with all the right tools: an intriguing description, an unusual premise and series of mysterious events.  It is all set up impressively quickly (which was necessary given the tale's short length).Unfortunately we are given neither an explanation of the mysterious elements nor a destination worthy of the journey (either alone would have saved the story).  I was left wondering what conclusion the author intended the reader to draw from the ending.  Without getting into spoilers, for me one interpretation leaves far more questions than answers while the other squanders the proceeding build up for a punchline.  Either way, Familiar Faces could have benefitted from some more details.However as I said above the ideas were interesting, and Scribner's writing is strong and conveys atmosphere extremely well (particularly unease).  While I didn't care for this story I will be trying more from him.