Review: Three times the wonder!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 30, 2012
Brim full of wonder; Odd Stacks is a fabulously wrought combination of three separate story collections, and showcases a mixture of sci-fi, horror and dark fiction that will appeal to a wide range of readers.The First is a magnificent collection of short stories that really showcases the breadth of imagination, talent and skill of the writer in the fascinating world of Dark FictionSplit into three sections - Phantasmia, Hypnogogia and Dystopia - the collection offers an array of themes, from the grand Sci-Fi of the Aeropagan Cycle to doom laden accounts of the End of Days, a skip through Flash Fiction and a few stand out tales - representing the variety of published Fiction that the writer has accumulated over the years.Flowers is a darkly tender collection of mostly YA Fiction that includes five tales of the Makers, people who control the Sun, Moon, Wind and Rain - and the growing pains of their children reflected in the vagaries of controlling their burgeoning powers. There's also a few scary tales, including the excellent The Vampire Shortstop, and the eerie Scarecrow Boy.Zombie Bits is self-explanatory, and with a little help from a couple of other Authors, Scott throws down a mix of humour and bleak horror. There's several tales told from the Zombie point of view - a rare voice for the afflicted - as well as some downright weirdly funny tales like The Meek, and the informative Zombie Apocalypse Survival Scorecard. Not your usual bunch of Zombie-gore stories.So - saddle up and get yourself this Collection - cheap at half the price and riding your way to deliver a stunning wealth of stories from a Master Weaver of Tales.