Ken Goldman (1)

A great, creepy, old-school dark fantasy tale.

A teen with a strange connection to birds, and an ancient entity. This story reminded me of Willard and Ben in a lot of ways, but it had a more satisfying supernatural crunch to it. And let's face it - we all love seeing bullies get their just rewards.

If you enjoy reading super depressing and fairly disturbing stories...then this is the book for you. It certainly was NOT for me. I'm not sure what I really expected after reading the synopsis, but this wasn't it... I think it was the last sentence of the synopsis that hooked me - "But, as is always the case after a storm passes, you will also find life beginning anew." Yeah...maybe a couple of the stories have a victorious ending, but the vast majority of them just left me feeling extremely show more uncomfortable. Also, even though the synopsis makes it seem as if at least half of the stories are storm related, most of them are about abusive spouses and horrible human beings. I guess having gone through the big tornado on April 27th of last year, I was looking for an anthology that focused on the sunshine after the storm and how the human spirit and "Mother Nature" have an incredible ability to bounce back from adversity. If that's what you're looking for too, then don't look here...

Note: I received this in a member giveaway on LibraryThing. All of the above is 100% honest. show less

If you weren't afraid of birds before, you will be now. Ken Goldman does an excellent job of drumming up fear with this book. It's an engaging story, and you'll be looking over your shoulder the entire time you read it. You will not put this one down. The beginning takes a moment to come into focus, but once it does,it hits the ground running, taking you with it!

**I received a copy of this book for free in exchange for an honest review. My thanks to the author and/or publisher.

This seamlessly edited anthology has something for every discerning reader. From well-crafted, various forms of poetry to short stories ranging from magical realism to ethnic fiction to SF, these pieces have been carefully chosen to mesh together smoothly and subtly from one to the other. The quality and range is fantastic. The storm metaphor is utilized in unexpected and clever ways.

I enjoyed it thoroughly- very highly recommended.