The Eagle Claw Hack
on April 01, 2015
What a great premise!
The idea of this story – an indie writer getting revenge on all the people who do NOT buy his book – is some kind of genius. Surely that idea has floated just out of reach of the conscious mind of many indie writers . . . but Matheson was clever enough to grab it!
This is a not-so-short short story, and it works pretty well as that. He uses a couple of notably effective images, too, so the writing is entertaining. The pacing is fast, so the author probably uses a similar style to good effect in his action novel, which is now on my reading list.