Review: Beautifully written noir novella
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 13, 2013
The first scene of Nik Korpon's novella, Old Ghosts, begins with a construction worker cutting off his finger with a miter saw. "Blood mixed with sawdust and metal chips, turned the floor into a Jackson Pollock painting." You know this is going to be great. Cole left Boston, and his shady past, behind him when he moved to Baltimore. All he wants to do is have a baby with his wife, Amy, and remodel houses.He gets a opportunity to plan a job to remodel a fixer by The Park for a rich guy. Unfortunately, the rich guy turns out to be one of the bad ghosts of Cole's past and the ghost brought his sister along to make things go from bad to worse. There are those times that you cannot run away from the past, you have to face it with a strong wrecking bar and a nailgun.Once again, Nik Korpon uses his words to paint us a great story. The guy has a way with words. His descriptions of the city are like lyrics in a song. I do hope his music keeps playing because I cannot get enough of Nik Korpon's work.