Review: Perfect timing, perfect pitch
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2012
Carrie Green's 33-page novella, Violets are Blue, is the sort of story that starts sweet and light then pulls you into the dark where shadows grow. Haunting touches of "something wrong" creep out of the cornfield and lurk behind ancient dressers in the home where Todd grew up. Newly-wed Sarah has moved in with a slightly unwelcoming mother-in-law. Meanwhile minor irritations grow in menace and intensity. The author's perfect timing keeps those pages turning, a longing for things to turn out well warring with the fear that they can't. The whole builds up to a perfectly drawn conclusion--the sort of dark tale that leaves you feeling oddly unnerved and satisfied both at once.A masterful introduction to the author's writing, capped with samples from her other short works, this is a great lunchtime read for fans of suspense and quietly disturbing horror.Disclosure: I received a free ecopy of this story from the author in exchange for an honest review