Review: There's a chill in the air...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 22, 2014
This is a nice but bleak collection which has a good variety of stories - zombies, ghosts, war, religion, the woods, and even the dropping temperature. There is usually a feeling of loneliness about the characters existence, whether it's a soldier struggling with the war at hand, a berieved parent finding escape in a quiet village, or a man living through the birth of a new religion which he alone doesn't wish to join. In the one story where the character has some company (Driving In Circles) the bickering and point scoring relationship the couple have makes them even more (yes you guessed it) alone.I think my favourite story was "The Circular Path" - a man goes back to a childhood haunt in an attempt to put his nightmares to bed. Has a nice pace to it and really captures more than one childhood fear.These stories certainly provide a chill and should probably only be read with the heating turned on.