“What movie you boys wanna watch? Hmm? Something Wicked This Way Comes? How ’bout Mr. Mom? I just love that one.
I appreciate the direct nod to Ray Bradbury here. As I’ve been reading, the ‘evil comes to small town’ similarity of ‘Something Wicked’ kept coming to mind. Bradbury’s influence oozes out of these pages from his other Green Town stories as well. From young boys coming of age in summertime (not a far switch with the sweltering heat in McDaniels novel), small town politics, and right down to Bradbury’s poetic style of writing. It’s a great homage. But Tiffany McDaniel raises the bar. Her writing is beautifully lyrical and complex with an added razor sharp edge. She tackles some really tough and often uncomfortable subjects like a master. She’s a power house of a writer.
