[b:Dandelion Wine|50033|Dandelion Wine (Green Town, #1)|Ray Bradbury|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1374049845s/50033.jpg|1627774] meets "Trick 'r Treat". I approve. ( )

This collection was fantastic!

Thirty-Three Tales. Thirty-Three Tellers. One Lost Town.

This is a collection of stories written by people that live in the Uncanny Valley. According to the super-cool premise, these 33 stories were culled from over 12,000 stories received as part of a contest, the goal of which was to write a story about why your hometown is special.

Each story here lists the name, age and occupation of the author. These range from the very young to the very old and everything in between. The only thing they have in common is the Uncanny Valley.

There are a few wonderful illustrations that punch up the stories and I loved them. I liked being able to use my Kindle's zoom feature, so I could look more closely at the details.

I found this book to be both utterly charming and creepy. I thought the premise was unique and fun. The short stories are actually short which was refreshing and made this collection very hard to put down.

I highly recommend this collection! There is something in it for everyone. ( )

I read several reviews for this book before picking it up. Unfortunately all of them stated it was such a scary book it would give you nightmares. All of them must have been joking. I did enjoy this book, however it is not scary. I like the way it ties together and you come across so many people from the town in all the stories. The stories are only 3-4 pages long and there are 38 stories. It is an easy quick and fun read. ( )

This was a very enjoyable book of short stories. I was sad it was over so soon. :) ( )

If Joseph Fink (Welcome to Night Vale) and Stephen King had written "Spoon River Anthology," it would probably sound an awful lot like this short story anthology. The frame for this collection of linked stories is that a radio station held a competition soliciting letters from listeners. The first person stories, all supposedly from Uncanny Valley, PA, where strange occurrences are the norm, are some of those letters. Quirky, fun, and very readable, think of this as beach reading for the horror set. If you're a fan of Twilight Zone or any of its many imitators, "The Uncanny Valley" is definitely worth your time. ( )