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Pros & Cons
Pros
Author has a talent for vivid imagery and portraying widely diverse types of protagonists. One of those stories features a ship from haiti with even more than you would expect on board.
Horror in cloistered settings and buried secrets also play a role in "out of the black" also humorous, in a dark sort of way, is the bad-day-at-work story "the sweller in the dress hold" this one works as horror too. The horror stories mix personal * ... Read More
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Quality
Meikke gas a knack of never boring a person with the same monster twice and little to no unnecessary, space filling dialogue.
With the exception of “in the spring” which was a bit too obscure for me, this is a good (and cheap) sampler of meikle’s work.
From the mystery and the melancholy hideousness of the title story onwards, the quality just doesn't drop.
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short, far, magic, dark and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is high and informative.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 50 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 15 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Some were absolutely great and some were just well there
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The stories are primarily paranormal and since they are short stories the horror level couldnt reach the kind of horror you will find in a novel
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All of these tales could have taken place in the twilight zone
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Mr meikle deserves far more attention than he gets
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Theres a story set in the far future after the sun has dimmed reminiscent of hodgsons the night land the punning title of sweller in the dress hold conceals an unexpected and nauseating horror a tale on a remote islands lighthouse evokes shades of laird barron or lovecraft
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
No he’s not a drug addict at least not as far as i know but the stories he churns out would make a drug addict quit cold turkey
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Even when he writes humor his stuff is downright scary
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It has a burned out folk singer from scotland his audience and his voice fading and his wife dead and too much liquor poured down his throat seeing a shadowy figure in the crowd one night
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