A review by alanaellsworth
The October Country by Ray Bradbury

4.0

Ray Bradbury, master of the dark fantastic, compiled a collection of short stories written in the same vein as Something Wicked this Way Comes. Though it was a perfect read for October, it can be enjoyed in any season, as it mostly centers around stories dealing with death and the supernatural, not necessarily Halloween. Most of the stories feel like Twilight Zone episodes (which makes sense seeing as he wrote some episodes himself), if you're into that sort of thing. In essence, every story is extremely original and most intriguing, and some with a philosophical twist ending. My favorites were "The Emissary," "Next in Line," "Jack in the Box," and "The Scythe," all of which had good twist endings and a fascinating plot. The ones that were really good were really good, and some of the others didn't grab my attention as much but were certainly still interesting. Overall, it evens out to be a solid four stars.