Shiftling
by:
Steven Savile (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781937771560
Publish date: July 30th 2013
Publisher: Darkfuse
Pages no: 102
Edition language: English
This is my first time reading anything by Savile and I was thoroughly impressed. The story starts in 1985 with Drew and his friends trying to gather up money to go to the local fair by doing odd jobs in the neighborhood. Scotty, the leader of the group, approached creepy Mr. Harrison but gets a key ...
Drew and his friends need money to go to the fair so, they end up going around town offering to do yard work. One of the boys goes to the "creepy" neighbor's house and comes out a changed person. The "gift" he was given changes their lives forever; starting at the fair.This is one of those books whe...
Very interesting and very British horror/mystery/coming of age story. British writers really do well with supernatural mysteries and this one is a doozy. Great characters, both in their early years and later. A compelling mystery centered around unexplained and horrific events that happen to a gr...
I read this book as one of the Darkfuse books of the month. Drew and his friends are trying to get enough money together to enjoy the funfair that is visiting their small town. They offer to do odd jobs around their neighbourhood including the local 'boogeyman', Mr Harrison. One of the boys, Scotty,...
Shiftling is an excellent example of how good the novella format can be. You take a single idea, a small cast of characters and really dig into the story without padding it into a novel. For darker fiction, I think the shorter format is perfect. It can hold the suspense more intensely over a shorter...
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