Mr. Fosset, making a brief appearance in this work by David A. Riley says \u201cDark, bleak, nihilistic stuff. Not the kind of thing to take to bed for a good night\u2019s sleep.\u201d Admirably summarizing this new work by a veteran author who many horror aficionados will have encountered in the legendary Pan Horror series and subsequent \u2018best of\u2019 collections. There is a reason why I mention\u2019 best of\u2019. Riley has produced some fine short stories and I was curious as to how his undoubted skill as a short story author would translate on the wider screen<\/p>\n
The answer is very well. Fans of Grudge End, a horrible place full of horrible places, will lap this up. \u201cEven in bright daylight the five-storey building looked dark, forbidding, and sordidly utilitarian.\u201d – a good description of Riley\u2019s bleak uncompromising prose \u2013 sparse, economical and clinically scary.<\/p>\n
Riley has produced one of his marvelous anti-heroes in Gary Morgan. I won\u2019t go too much into plot because a large part of this work is dependant on a slow build up of dark energies contained in the utterly mundane. Gary is not what he seems and the reader will be surprised that at the conclusion of this story you\u2019ll find yourself drawn to a real sympathy with the character.<\/p>\n
A thoroughly enjoyable read and I would ignore Mr. Fossett and start it late at night.. You\u2019ll finish before dawn\u2026I hope<\/p>\n
Published by Blood Bound Books splendidly illustrated by Andrej Bartulovic<\/a> <\/span>and available from Amazon<\/p>\n
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