New author Scotty Schrier has recently released Mental Menagerie: A collection of genre-bending short fiction, which, as stated, is a collection of 14 short stories ranging from horror, to comedy to suspense. I have to say I really enjoyed this collection. It was rather refreshing to have such a wide variety of tales within one volume.
I don't plan on going over each story, but I will touch upon a couple that really stick out in my head. One such tale just happens to be the very first in the collection, Hammer Down is a heart pumping story of Homely Hal, a truck driver and his truck, Molly and the precious cargo they aid in delivering during a horrible blizzard. 'The Call' is a suspense filled tale of a found cell phone and a nightmarish discovery when attempting to return the phone to its owner. Finally, 'The Skylight Saga (A Satirical look at paranormal romance)' had me laughing out loud as I read it. Yes, it will probably piss off fans of a certain book series, but for me it was so funny. I loved it.
The other 11 stories are very enjoyable. The attention to detail in setting and characters is well done. The characters themselves are given believability (when believability is desired, I should say) which aided in my actually caring or not caring about a character when things began to happen to them.
Overall, if you are a fan of short stories and enjoy a nice collection with variety, I highly suggest you pick up Mental Menagerie: A collection of genre-bending short fiction. '' I think you will find it to be definitely worth your time and money.
Mental Menagerie: A collection of genre-bending short fiction '' is only available for Amazon Kindle at the moment so click on the cover image to pick up your copy for Kindle and, remember if you don't have a Kindle there are all kinds of options for you to read Kindle books.
