Patrick C. Greene

This is a good little collection of vampire tales. I can easily envision it as it as a weekly half-hour horror show à la Night Gallery only hosted by Vincent Price instead of Rod Serling.

Three stories are of special note. Suzi M.'s "Blood in the Water" is a rich new take on vintage Western myth and literary culture. I'd love to see this writer produce more work with the character of Lilith. I was also entertained by "My Boss is a Vampire" by David Matula, which was easily the most amusing of the collection. I was charmed and delighted by the ending and I just adore the character of Cameron. My hands-down favorite, however, was "Daddy Used to Drink Too Much" by Michael G. Williams. The Appalachian voice rings true in this one, and it has a dark beauty which I love.… (más)

This is a good little collection of vampire tales. I can easily envision it as it as a weekly half-hour horror show à la Night Gallery only hosted by Vincent Price instead of Rod Serling.

Three stories are of special note. Suzi M.'s "Blood in the Water" is a rich new take on vintage Western myth and literary culture. I'd love to see this writer produce more work with the character of Lilith. I was also entertained by "My Boss is a Vampire" by David Matula, which was easily the most amusing of the collection. I was charmed and delighted by the ending and I just adore the character of Cameron. My hands-down favorite, however, was "Daddy Used to Drink Too Much" by Michael G. Williams. The Appalachian voice rings true in this one, and it has a dark beauty which I love.… (más)

This is one of my favorite Patrick C. Greene stories. It showcases so many of his strengths.

I admire how well he writes children. Too many authors, and adults in general for that matter, forget the humanity and passion of their own childhood which results in stereotypical kids that feel as flat as those found in catalog ads for department stores. These brothers have the same realism as found in It and The Body by Stephen King. (Perhaps Patrick too has the heart of a small boy, but we won't pry into where he keeps it.)

And the ending... fucking brilliant. I don't want to spoil it, and there is simply no way for me to wax poetic about my love of it without doing so, but definitely fucking brilliant and my favorite kind of ending.… (más)

*Just a quick note before my review*
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I love any and all things Halloween related, so give me a rock and roll horror story set in a town that is pretty much the Halloween capitol of the planet and I'm all over it. I loved Stuart and his relationship with his punk rocker brother Dennis, who is recently sober and has moved back in with Stuart and his mom while they are all still struggling with the loss of Dad. Halloween is always a huge deal in this town but this year holds the promise of a possible recording deal for Dennis and his band, who tour around in a tricked out hearse.
As the town is preparing for their annual celebration there is someone who aims to put a permanent stop to all the fun, and someone else who has far different ideas about how to celebrate.
While I did have a couple of minor issues with the plot and would have rather the reasoning behind certain happenings had been just a little different I did enjoy this book and thought it was a lot of gory fun. I will definitely be back for the next installment of these Haunted Hollow Chronicles.

I received an advance copy for review.… (más)