Review: a great collection of short stories
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2014
This is a book of four short stories and the first is the longest of them.I liked Cathulhu Child lots, and the mother and daughter Jennifer and Meghan were very easy to like. The author wrote them extremely well and the trip they were on all of a sudden went from mundane to horror book crazy for Megan. Just looked like a fast food restaurant, but it was hiding big secrets. The conversation between Jennifer and her daughter had me laughing as well, so it was a good when all of a sudden things changed.Kingdom falls was all told from a little girls POV and that made this little story fun as we see things from a child's perspective. Princess was happy in her life, and thought everyone loved her daddy as much as she did, but that wasn't the case and when he's put away things change. And as events play out the book takes a dark turn. And it does it so well. I was left thinking no way did that just happen. Not horror but horrific. Well written again and I was left wondering just what happens next.Of the last two, one was a short but sad look on when your mind starts forgetting things as we age, I could picture Sugar and her man well in my mind. And then the last one Losing Him. This had a really big yuck factor to it. The missing husband and beat upon wife. In just a few pages you can get a real feel for what her life had become. Again not a horror story in the sense of being scared but its the twist that all the stories in the book had. I can't wait to read more of David Brian's work and I can recommend this book to anyone looking for something to read that's a bit quirky but likes a surprise twist to things.