Review: Another Great Ugly Little Thing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2014
Little Toddy loves his Grandma. And he should have listened to her when she said not to play down the street. He should have listened to her when she warned him of the devil's trickery. When Toddy roams too far from Grandma's yard and runs into the bullies down the street it's a curiously dead dog that comes to his rescue. If he saves your life, he's gotta be your friend, right? And so it begins.Author Todd Keisling spills a lot of his own blood on the pages of this tale. Toddy and Grandma, and later on, Toddy's girl, Erica, all come from a place not so untouchable, but from the author's life. To incorporate such truths with such seamless ease into a fantastically dark vision is both scary and quite honestly, inspiring. The fact that Keisling's dark walk with the devil is as full and heavy hitting in such a relativity small piece is yet another testament to his storytelling ability.He hit it out of the park with his last piece, When Karen Met Her Mountain, and he does so again with Saving Granny from the Devil. Absolutely loved this story.