I’ve read stories featuring the unlikeliest of killer animals. I love Creature Features and read any I can get my hands on. The whole story has a surreal, dream-like quality to it and is more impactful for choosing to tell such a big scale story through such personal means. Following a young woman still mourning the untimely death of her younger brother, who was taken by leukemia when he was a child, a lot of the story’s events are told through this lens of tragedy and it informs everything that happens, even when things take a more peculiar turn. This one came as a bit of a surprise as it is, to begin with at least, a much more quiet and reflective story, focusing on character as opposed to the concept. Goodman nails the voice of an eight/nine-year-old, their focus all over the place, the structure of the letter messy, almost ‘stream of consciousness in style and I enjoyed the unique format and thought the overall piece, experimental as it was, worked incredibly well. Goodman gets a lot of mileage out of childhood innocence here, his letter writer clearly positioned as well-intentioned rather than leaning into the trope of ‘evil children and the fun of this short is how the reveal comes gradually, almost mentioned as a passing thought until the lurid details come out. He also has some short stories coming soon from various publishers in the horror community.Told from the perspective of a third-grader writing a letter to his teacher, the story starts off rather sweet and endearing but gets very dark very quickly. His fiction collection, THE RAZORBLADES IN MY HEAD, and poetry collection, I EAT ITS SEEDS, are available now. When he is not out in the wild, searching for Paperbacks From Hell in Central Virginia, he is likely reading, writing, or playing video games.
(review will appear once read and enjoyed )ĭonnie Goodman is a reader, writer, and collector of horror fiction. As their paths cross, whose dream will come true?Īn emo horror tale from the mind of Donnie Goodman, author of THE RAZORBLADES IN MY HEAD Meanwhile, Larry Gainer, an ex-con, and shepherd for unseen forces, hopes to get the band to perform the set of their lives. After encountering police outside Richmond, Virginia, the band books a last-minute gig to solve their financial troubles. Set in the summer of 2005, WEDNESDAY IS WAITING follows an up-and-coming emo band from rural North Carolina along their first tour to escape their small-minded, small town.
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