Review: Poignant and wonderfully sad.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2012
Jerry McKinney has a knack for the short story. He is able, in a very short span, to hook the reader with characters that come to life. His tale, In Extremis, drops you right into the confines of a church during the ZA. The description is so vivid that you can taste, hear and smell the surroundings.The story is well written and the errors are few. Lori Lopez does good work. (But the couple that slipped past are easy fixes and it would enhance the read by removing that slight distraction.)I commend Mr. McKinney on accomplishing what few are able. There is an art to a short story and it is clear that Jerry McKinney has it. I will continue to read his work and hope that, if he produces (or has and I am just not aware) a full-length novel, that he carries as much power in that as he does his exceptional short work.