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Fearsome Creatures is four courses of dastardly alien monsters dished up in four quite different stories. For a short collection, it has an admirable body count.
What’s most pleasing about all four stories is Ross never resorts to the tired motif of the dreaded monster tearing hapless victims limb from limb. Each space nasty takes an unexpected form, or deals out death in an imaginative way.
Evocative, vivid writing carries you through each encounter, from the longer, down and dirty opening story ...more
What’s most pleasing about all four stories is Ross never resorts to the tired motif of the dreaded monster tearing hapless victims limb from limb. Each space nasty takes an unexpected form, or deals out death in an imaginative way.
Evocative, vivid writing carries you through each encounter, from the longer, down and dirty opening story ...more
I'm rounding up somewhat.
These four short -- some very short -- stories have one thing in common, besides the title concept: vivid, well-imagined descriptions of places and creatures unknown to us.
There's no telling from how one story ends how the next, or the next, might. But Ross has an evident fondness for ironic twists. ...more
These four short -- some very short -- stories have one thing in common, besides the title concept: vivid, well-imagined descriptions of places and creatures unknown to us.
There's no telling from how one story ends how the next, or the next, might. But Ross has an evident fondness for ironic twists. ...more
I’ve long enjoyed HP Lovecraft and related writers of horror fiction, especially when slanted toward or overtly science fiction, so I looked forward to reading Fearsome Creatures by David B. Ross. There was much to like here: The writing was quite good, and the environments and “creatures” were all thoughtfully and creatively presented.
As others have noted, this short book is divided into four stories, of which the first is by far the longest. Though I won’t provide any spoilers, I will say that ...more
As others have noted, this short book is divided into four stories, of which the first is by far the longest. Though I won’t provide any spoilers, I will say that ...more
