Review: One of Scribner's Best
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2011
I've enjoyed several of Joshua Scribner's short stories and this one is the best so far.  From the minute the car breaks down and we follow Mark, Mary, Tina and Robert to the abandoned farmhouse, you can just feel the foreboding lingering around them.  The lighted sign that says "This house is protected by a good spirit - No evil may enter here" goes out just as the four of them enter the house.  The ominous darkness surrounds them and it is wonderfully creepy!  Nothing good is about to happen.The characters are depicted with an easy authenticity - you will know them.  You might even be one of them.  The story elicits an edge-of-your-seat anxiety and a need to feel safe again.  You don't know if you should trust the voice or not.  The voice will ask "what rule was broken".  YOU will ask "WHO broke the rule".  It is an unpredictable and suspenseful short story that is intriguing until the very end.  It is a fast read but the story will linger with you.