This is a collection of short stories from Armand Rosamilia, he of the
Dying Days and (my fav) Miami Spy Games books.
A brilliant
introduction into how this author writes, he has great character development
and manages to lead you in and then freak you out during only a few lines of
story.
Memorial Site: a tale of loss and how a child, adult
and society cope. It’s all very sad but also exceptionally creepy. The ending
whilst predictable, there really was only one way to end this, still made me
shudder.
Vacation’s End: John and Rebecca appear to be on the
road trip from Hell. Until Goblin in all his naughty glory turns up. He has
murderous intent and is chock full of ideas on how to do it! Clever writing from AR as I did not see the
ending coming.
Stairs to the Ocean: Ray has become obsessed with building
his staircase to the ocean much to the horror of his wife Bethany. What and why
soon becomes evident during the next thunder storm. A spooky tale with a
terrifying ending, very cliff edge! (yes, my attempt at a pun!)
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#4: A twisted tale of revenge and a haunted baseball card.
Very believable characters that you can’t help by feel for not matter their
part in the story, all appear to be victims. Again AR is a master at character
development.
Beastie: A short, sharp tale of animal revenge. Amusing in its telling
AR does well with only a few lines to capture what has been going on to warrant
the ending!
Crow Mill Bridge: Another short one but that does not
stop the spooky chill, lovely description of a not so lovely monster.
Rainforest of Bones: Deep in the Brazilian jungle a madman
is building an army, but from what or who! The equally bonkers reporter is
captured and forced to tell the world of his plan, he clearly does a poor job
but I was intrigued by his background which is not so humbly told! Fascinating
and left on another cliff edge. (I did need climbing rope at the end of this
book!)
Latin American Death
Cap: The intrepid,
globetrotting reporter again, who is becoming more endearing. Mushrooms OMG
just mushrooms!! This left me wide eyed… congrats on that one Mr AR.
The Devil and the
Cenote: The finale
and the reporter with no name makes another brilliant appearance. A sacrifice
must be made. I so want more of this story – begging for this to be expanded!
Loved the little exposure bits at the end but always feel
these should be at the start or end of
each chapter to lead you in or finish you off!
Amazing chunk of bonus content at the end, in case you are
unsure of just how much you are going to love this author.
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