Review: Nice compilation of short stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 12, 2013
This is a collection of 9 short stories. Each with an element of horror for the characters involved.  I will be brief in my descriptions of the stories as I don't want to give away spoilers.1.  Hearts of Stone-Clive Nelson has been assigned as purser on a ship that contains slaves in the hold.  There is a slave named Goliath who is insisting they be freed and returned to their home.  In a twist the ship will sink and they will get their freedom.2.  Witch Apples-Will and Toby aren't happy with all the F's they've been getting in Ms. Good's class so they decide to prank her. They throw witch apples through her window.  Ms. Good will teach them a lesson when they eat caramel apples that they got trick or treating at her house on Halloween.3.  Teachers Pet-Jeb is on a job in Paris.  He meets a man named Karl in a bar and it turns out Karl is a hit man.4.  Perfectly You-This story involves emails between two sisters.  There is a virus outbreak and they will try to reunite accross the miles and hope to survive as well.5.  Land of Enchantment-Paula and Jeff are in New Mexico and Paula has Jeff driver her to an associate's home.  Dr. Steilen hasn't turned in his report and Paula is sent to find out what's wrong. What they discover is that Dr. Steilen has been growing some very strange blackberry bushes.6.  Road Kill-Harlan is a at a service station when a stranger named Ted approaches him. Ted is curious about a dent in Harlan's automobile and hitches a ride with him to hear the story of how he got the dent.7.  The Red Door-Cecilia calls the ambulance when her daughter loses consciousness. She ends up someplace other than the ER.8.  Love in a House Divided-Jon Perkins spends his weekends traveling back to the Civil War via Project Chronos.  There he falls in love with Rachel Wolcott.9.  The Lamentably Short Life of Kid Clemens-Slim Sam is a typesetter.  He meets Wild Bill and they strike up a deal.  Sam will write stories about Wild Bill to boost his reputation and Wild Bill will teach Sam gunplay.This was a nice collection of short stories and I enjoyed them.  They were a nice break over the weekend from my household chores and I would read them between my cleaning.  Enjoyable short stories that kept my attention as I wanted to see what would become of these characters.  A couple of the stories seem unfinished by I still liked them.  I also enjoyed the twists in some of these stories.I received this ebook free through LibraryThing Member Giveaways in exchange for an honest review.