Easily One of the Best of 2011

FOR EMMY by Mary SanGiovanni (2011 Thunderstorm Books / 107 pp / tp)
Dana is Emmy's older sister, and they spend their after-school hours helping their father around his small book store.  One day Emmy goes missing from right under there noses.  With this simple premise the author takes us on a crash course of missing persons cases that branches into issues many may have never considered.  Within these short 107 pages I found more food for thought and downright eeriness than in just about all of the 60+ books I've read so far this year.
SanGiovanni's novella dealing with a missing five year-old girl did something few horror stories do (even of its ilk): it actually scared me.  And after all, isn't that what horror fiction is supposed to do?  Try reading this one alone late at night and you just might agree.  I can't recommend this one highly enough.
(NOTE: This review will also be appearing in the October Edition of THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW).