Friday Black in Overdue Podcast

Nov 11, 2022 Jason rated it really liked it

Shelves: own

Biting, gut-punching short stories that are frighteningly sad and darkly humorous at times. Like all short story collections, this collection is a bit of a mixed bag, some nearly perfect, others falling a slightly short by comparison. The collection started and finished particularly strong - that first short story was a haunting and powerful statement to start with, the final story while similarly startling finished with more of a lingering bitter-sweetness; truly perfect choices to book-end the ...more

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Mar 19, 2024 Sarah marked it as dnf-dns · review of another edition

DNF @ 37%.

Not a reflection of the book, just of my ability to stay engaged with short stories.

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May 03, 2019 Anita rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Outstanding - this book truly was one of the best of 2018. High violence and high weird factor, but still very keyed into human nature. They kinda reminded me of the Ray Bradbury short stories I've read, the pedestrian who draws suspicion because he's not at home in front of his tv set and the school children who've never seen the sun that lock their classmate in the closet for the only 15 minutes it will shine for the next seven years. These stories are even darker though. The writer has defini ...more

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Jul 06, 2020 Evan rated it it was amazing

Really enjoyed this collection of short stories! It seemed to channel the more terrestrial moments of Ray Bradbury, with a healthy dose of near future horror that reminded me of both Margaret Atwood at her most gruesome points of the Madd Addam trilogy and the best episodes of Black Mirror. There was really only one story I didn't care for out of the twelve, which is an insanely high batting average for a short story collection. Can't wait to see what this author does next!! ...more

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