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A review by archergal
Ghosts of Yesterday by Jack Cady
4.0
I was unfamiliar with Jack Cady before I saw this book on sale in the Kindle store a couple of weeks ago. It looked intriguing.
There are three absolutely stunning stories: The Lady With the Blind Dog; The Ghost of Dive Bomber Hill; and The Time That Time Forgot. Halloween 1942 was good too. Some of the other stories were lighter, and I think there were a few essays, and one poem.
I really liked the stories I listed above. They're mostly ghost stories, but not the scary kind of ghost story. Cady's ghosts are echoes from other times/other places. The Time That Time Forgot, with characters walking deeper and deeper into a mythic sort of place reminded me of Robert Holdstock and his Mythago Wood stories. In a GOOD way.
I'm not sure I really got some of the other bits. I'm sure that's me, and not the author, though.
Will definitely look for more from this author.
There are three absolutely stunning stories: The Lady With the Blind Dog; The Ghost of Dive Bomber Hill; and The Time That Time Forgot. Halloween 1942 was good too. Some of the other stories were lighter, and I think there were a few essays, and one poem.
I really liked the stories I listed above. They're mostly ghost stories, but not the scary kind of ghost story. Cady's ghosts are echoes from other times/other places. The Time That Time Forgot, with characters walking deeper and deeper into a mythic sort of place reminded me of Robert Holdstock and his Mythago Wood stories. In a GOOD way.
I'm not sure I really got some of the other bits. I'm sure that's me, and not the author, though.
Will definitely look for more from this author.