Review: Short But Worth Reading
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 7, 2014
Twelve-year-old Malcolm Pomerantz is awakened at three o'clock one morning by strange noises coming from the unoccupied house next door. The house that one month previously had been occupied by Rupert Clockenwall before suffering a massive heart attack and dying. When he goes to the window to investigate, he sees lamplight and shadows. The next morning, his seventeen-year-old sister, Amalia, said she heard voices. They come to the conclusion that the house must now be inhabited and decide to take cookies and welcome the new family to the neighborhood. Arriving at the front door, it stands ajar. Reluctantly, they enter the house. Soon, they will discover a dark and terrible secret that will change their lives forever.I was pleasantly surprised once the plot of the story became evident. I immediately thought of THE LOVELY BONES by author Alice Sebold. This short story is a prequel to Dean Koontz's THE CITY, which I most definitely will be reading next.