Also by Lon Prater:
- Legwork (A Weird Crime Casebook)
- The Island of Jayne Grind (A Satire of Selfishness)
- Other Amelias, Also Lost
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Bookmark on DeliciousPublished: March 17, 2010
Words: 9671 (approximate)
Language: English
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Terror gets behind the wheel in these three tales of road trips gone wrong.Extended description
Terror gets behind the wheel in these three tales of road trips gone wrong.In "Head Music" Diego wanders out on the dunes at night, lured by the strange music of a sea creature never before seen by man.
A pair of construction workers find out there are worse things than the heat of a Florida traffic jam in "Even at the End, There Was Gridlock."
A man discovers his daughter's car is haunted by her secrets. Secrets that can only be told on "A Road Like This, at Night".
Lon Prater is a retired Navy officer by day, writer of odd little tales by night. His short fiction has appeared in the Stoker-winning anthology Borderlands 5, Writers of the Future XXI, and Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show.
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road trip, lovecraftian, end of the world, ghost stories, roadtrip, haunted car, sea creatures, traffic jams, gridlockAvailable ebook reading formats
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Review by:
Jeff Pfeiffer
on Jan. 17, 2011 :
I really enjoyed this anthology. It's a wonderful collection that breathes atmosphere, touches the heart without being sentimental, and leaves behind a deep desire for the mysterious. There's a sensitivity to Lon Prater's writing that reminds me of Ray Bradbury's style. It's emotional and full of vibrant, soft tones in plot and characterization. I enjoyed how well the stories flowed into one another, not unlike an arrangement of songs one finds in an album of a favorite band.
There's a nod to H.P. Lovecraft with the story "Head Music" that I liked. "A Road Like This, at Night" was particularly touching, especially since I have kids of my own. To lose a child is a nightmare, but this story seeks some comfort out of such a loss.
I am confident that Lon Prater will be turning out novels sometime in the near future, and I for one, look forward to reading them.
(reviewed long after purchase)