by
Steven Lloyd
Available in Kindle format
and in paperback
on Amazon
If you decide to come along on a journey with Mr. Lloyd, rest assured the roads he travels in his short stories are strange.
Steven Lloyd submitted his most excellent short story "The Wooden Box" to me last year and it was absolutely excellent (you can find my review of it here in the entry dated August 23, 2013. The story is part of this collection, or available by itself through Amazon.)
So imagine my delight when I was presented with Strange Roads, a small collection of more of Lloyd's short stories.
All of them will get under your skin. Some will horrify in a subtle way that lingers. Others will hit you over the head.
Among my favorites were "The Wooden Box", and like a juggernaut put into motion, it drags you down the road with you in it's wake..
"The Wallet"- just how much will one man go through to get his property back?
"Where There Be Dragons" - a wonderful short fantasy that is charming as hell.
"Dogwood Summer"(an excerpt), which I've been told by Lloyd will be fleshed out at some point as I wanted way more than the story delivered. Not that it came up short. It was so good I wanted more. Now!
This is a worthy addition to any horror lovers library. The horror is subtle in some cases...splatterpunk this is not, but that's OK. The best kind of horror short story is one that doesn't bludgeon you to death. It lingers in your mind's eye long after you've read the last sentence.
Lloyd crafts his stories as if he's mining precious gems.
I can't wait for him to continue mining in this vein.
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