Review: Dark and short
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2013
“First Boy” by Dennis Sharpe is a great dark horror story, very short but nevertheless quite powerful. Deputy Matthew Burroughs is called to an old farmhouse to rescue two abandoned children. They refuse to leave and warn the deputy of their Father who might return any minute and may not take lightly to the presence of the police official in the house.One of the kids, the boy, tells the story of ‘Father’, who was born centuries ago in Germany and who kills child abusers and takes away their children, but the deputy doesn’t take the warnings seriously.Despite the shortness of the story the horror of the tale creeps in slowly and gradually and I found flow appropriately paced. The main focus is of course on what the story reveals and without giving anything away the horror fans will not be disappointed. The essence of this piece is the story and that has not suffered from the cuts.This is the third of Sharpe’s works that I have read in a few days and the third that I am happy to give 5 stars to. His use of language is strong as always and in this story I admired particularly how the main characters are built up so well in such a short time.