Review: Dark and Unexpected
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 21, 2013
This short story avoids the pitfalls of traditional murder yarns. It quickly pulls you in with the blood motif and the dynamic relationship between the inquisitive child and his father. What a vacation! I enjoyed the easy and realistic dialogue, the unsettling undertones, and the smattering of 'evidence' that can be understood retrospectively once you've reached the end. Speaking of the end, and as others have expressed, there is a delightful twist that makes the whole read that much more cunning. Well done to the author for a short but engrossing story with elements of horror, crime, sex, and family...