Review: Subtle, yet Spooky Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2011
REVIEW BY GERALDINE EVANSTHE VERY OLD MAN SHORT STORY BY JENNY MILCHMANThe story starts in a grocery store when the old man of the title manages to scare a young mother when he gives her baby daughter the gift of a small coin. The events that follow have her convinced that the old man has some evil power over her child's life. But it this power real  or all in her mind?A well-written tale which had me believing in the old man's evil. Jenny Milchman definitely has a future in this genre. She conjured up believable events that were not far-fetched in any way. Young mothers are often easily spooked and fearful when it comes to their babies and it is this vulnerability which is so successfully evoked. Thoroughly recommended.