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28 July 2015
Title
| The Severest Inks Shorts |
Author
| Several authors |
Publisher
| Severest Inks |
Publication Date
|
May 2015
|
Pages
| 260 |
Genre
| short stories |
Description (from Amazon)
The Severest Inks Shorts collects eight stories from some of the boldest new writers on the scene today. Melding unflinching themes with innovative narratives, these works confront the rawest elements of the human condition through the potent short story form. This anthology comes loaded with bonus material, including commentaries, special monochrome editions of original cover art and transcripts.
Contents:
Red by Khalid Patel
Dr Craine’s Body by Khalid Patel
Further South by Eryk Pruitt
June in July by Hunter Heath
Mesa Boys by Matt Phillips
Georgia Rouge by Lucy Black
The Exchange by Charmaine Pauls
Grand Finale by Charmaine Pauls
The Severest Inks Shorts compilation of stories offers a
great variety: from dark city fables to a pathologist in the mortuary, and this
is what I liked so much here – the variety of it.
Each story fitted neatly into my morning commute, and it was
easy to get into – something I sometimes find a challenge when reading a
compilation of short stories when you have to constantly transport yourself
into a different setting. All stories captured me from the beginning, kept my
interest and still made sense.
I would also like to draw the attention to the original
artwork on the cover of the stories which definitely caught my eye. I also
really enjoyed the extra chapters at the end of the book where the authors tell
us a bit about themselves and how their particular story came about.
I am sure, like me, the reader will have a favourite story
after reading the compilation. We have all different tastes, and this book
caters for quite a few without being too wide in range and extremes (i.e. soppy
romance and hard-core horror). I had
read 2 of the included stories before as ‘singles’ and enjoyed them, and was
glad to read this book. And, at the end, it is also good value for money, as
you get 8 stories in book.
