So who wants to go back to October? Don’t we all. Well with Ronald Kelly, you can.
You are whisked away to the Halloween’s of your youth, when you planned months in advance for the perfect costume, when you walked down the dark streets with your best friends, and where your biggest concern was that someone was going to give you a popcorn ball or an apple instead of your favorite Snickers Bar.
However, Ronald Kelly shows you there was a lot more you should have been afraid of within these pages.
Nostalgia and friendship combine into a great build up in the story , The Halloween Store, as you follow four friends as they save for vintage costumes and really get into character.
The first story had me laughing out loud several times, while the second story, Mister Mack is Back, is every parents nightmare. Imagine your daughter being abducted by the same creature that abducted you as a child, or the fear of a sheriff when human heads are used as Jack-o-lanterns...again.
Come trick or treating with us but maybe you want to skip your favorite teachers house this year, and don’t go back a visit the festival in your hometown, and never order a Fright Creature through the mail, they eat too much.
This was a fun collection that brings memories flooding back. The writing style was a falling autumn leaf, mesmerizing as you glide into his world. I immediately went and looked up Kelly’s other books because I knew there had to be more to Fear County that the slight mention in this book. That is a place I am going to visit as soon as I can.
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Thank you to NetGalley and Crossroad press for a copy of the ebook in exchange for an honest review.