hooklings 's review for:

Abnormal Statistics by Max Booth III

5.0

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I sometimes find it hard to rate story collections, but not this time. Max is a talented arbiter of the macabre. He wields dread and horror like a chef wields a knife, and he doesn't baby the reader by mitigating their effects. In Abnormal Statistics, Max opens with Indiana Death song, a strange and compelling novella. The being he reveals in this story returns in an unexpected way in another story (I won't say which) and it's very satisfying to uncover. Max Booth III has been added to my list of auto-buy authors.

5 stars, but not for a new horror reader!