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Baby's First Book of Seriously Fucked-up Shit by Robert Devereaux

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3.0

I found Robert Deveraux's new short story collection "Baby's First Book of Seriously Fucked-Up Shit" by way of horror master Brian Keene's move to Deadite Press publishing. Deadite is making a big push into the horror niche market and Deveraux is deffinitly one of their spotlight writers. I purchased the book on title alone, how could you not?

Deveraux's writing chops are deffinitly there. His mind is a dark and twisted place when left to run wild. Some of the places he explores in this ten story collection are truely bizzare. The plots are genius, yet most seem to end abruptly.

That is where my contentions with the book lies. Nearly every story starts off brilliant and well developed. Practically every story could have been developed further into a more richer, fuller story. Yet the endings seem to just drop off suddenly and come to a quick end. This makes them seem somehow forced to conclusion. I felt there was more in the stories to be told.

The good outweighs the bad though and I intend to read Deveraux again. Given this is a short story collection and my first jaunt with the writer I feel the chops are deffinitly there for me to further enjoy. He has a reasonable catalog of full scale novels. Check out Robert Deveraux and the rest of the twisted minds at Deadite Press!
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