A review by directorpurry
The Sea of Ash by Scott Thomas, Mike Davis

4.0

A jolting experience, with unsettling images explained starkly, overcoming one of the unfortunate hurdles of cosmic horror - when the upsetting thing is not described.
This novella has the perfect balance of both unexplainable moments and descriptiveness.

My only criticism is not about the story itself but some of the background color.

Spoiler

In this story is a woman who wears a burqa and the narrator makes a joke about, given the setting, perhaps there isn't actually a person under there, but some kind of entity. Given the Islamophobia of current culture, I thought the joke to be in poor taste, even though I definitely understand what he was trying to say.