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Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts' Casebook of Horrors by Kasey Lansdale, Joe R. Lansdale
3.0
Terror is Our Business is a short story collection written by father-daughter team Joe R. Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale. The first couple stories are by Joe and center around the character Dana Roberts. These stories follow a setup where Dana the "supernormal" investigator is a guest at this (kinda) men's club and tells stories. The collection gets a lot livelier when Kasey begins contributing and introduces the witty Jana to balance out Dana's seriousness. The stories also drop the "guest at a meeting" format and go right into the narrative, which I preferred.
The first part of this collection is very dry. Dana doesn't feel fully fleshed out as a character and those stories end with a few "mic drop" moments that ultimately don't feel earned. The addition of Jana works wonders to the pace and the character of Dana.
Perfect for fans of the X-Files (Dana has a Scully thing going on) and the Ghosts in the Burbs podcast.
The first part of this collection is very dry. Dana doesn't feel fully fleshed out as a character and those stories end with a few "mic drop" moments that ultimately don't feel earned. The addition of Jana works wonders to the pace and the character of Dana.
Perfect for fans of the X-Files (Dana has a Scully thing going on) and the Ghosts in the Burbs podcast.