Review: Creepy, menacing and deliciously dark
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 1, 2013
This collection of five bizarre tales from Michael Brookes strikes me as an even stronger collection of tales than 'An Odd Quartet'. The author excels in imaginative writing that deals with the intangible. His stories often handle the supernatural and the interface between life and death, yet the urgent and compelling nature of the writing makes it seem real enough.I enjoyed all five stories, none of which led to where I expected. Quite often the good and the bad are blurred so you never quite know what will happen and who will come out on top. Occasionally an ending didn't satisfy as much as I'd have liked, although this may just be me wanting more of a story I'd been enjoying. You don't have to have read the previous collection (An Odd Quartet) but it does help to give a bit of background to the final two stories which follow on.The author's writing is always readable and gripping and I could happily read more of these unusual short stories. They don't take terribly long to read, but you will come away feeling as though you've been transported to a different world. Creepy, menacing and deliciously dark.