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4.0
Creeping Shadows is a collection of three novellas by Alan Draven, Brandon Ford and Jessica Lynne Gardner, and features stories about Jack the Ripper, a brutal fictionalized account of a real-life event and a series of curse-fueled murders.
All three stories are excellent, though if I had to pick a favorite, I'd have to go with Ford's nonstop, brutal 'Merciless.' Draven's Ripper tale comes with a unique, and haunting, twist and, like Ford's story of two girls kidnapped and repeatedly assaulted by a drunken sociopath, is completely suited to the novella format. Gardner's Sugar Skull, while entertaining as a novella, is based on a premise (a string of murders related to the Mexican Day of the Dead) that really would have worked better as a standalone novel.
The book's a solid 4/5. You can read my interview with the authors at lincolncrisler.info/?p=855
All three stories are excellent, though if I had to pick a favorite, I'd have to go with Ford's nonstop, brutal 'Merciless.' Draven's Ripper tale comes with a unique, and haunting, twist and, like Ford's story of two girls kidnapped and repeatedly assaulted by a drunken sociopath, is completely suited to the novella format. Gardner's Sugar Skull, while entertaining as a novella, is based on a premise (a string of murders related to the Mexican Day of the Dead) that really would have worked better as a standalone novel.
The book's a solid 4/5. You can read my interview with the authors at lincolncrisler.info/?p=855
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