Dark Toys and Consumer Goods

by Laurence Staig

By the author of "The Network" and "Digital Vampires", this collection of short stories focuses on a possible future society - materialistic, living on credit and obsessed with hi-tech gadgetry.

Genres: Horror

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 27, 1990

Reviews

[Matthew Hodge · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now long out of print, but a clever concept. This is a series of short creepy stories, but they all have some nasty spin on an element of consumerism. For instance, there is the credit card that gets implanted in your body - which is fine, until you're in debt and can't afford to pay ... Or the one that particular resonates (maybe because it makes me think of a couple of Westfields that I know) is the shopping complex that you can get into, but you can't ever leave - and you're doomed to shop all day, running from one endless sale to the other ...

[Jennim · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best collection of short stories I've read. My favourite was the story set in a mall - I remember it every time I'm in a multi storey carpark!

[Tamsin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thoroughly enjoyed this rather sinister and twisted take on consumerism - I'm not usually a fan of short stories but these were engaging and a little disturbing!