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Aug. 25, 2011
Michelle Lancaster
Smashwords book reviews by Michelle Lancaster
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The Old One
on Sep. 16, 2011
A Pacific Northwest Horror Story By Todd Brabander Smashwords Edition B005FQN3AI Submitted by the author Rating: 3 A stranger passing through town on his way to somewhere else is waylaid by mud slides blocking the roads. With nowhere to go and nothing better to do, he hangs out and collects stories at the local watering hole and all of these stories seem to contain a note of menace, of poorly concealed fear. So, of course, just as in the movies where the teenage girl walks through the unexpectedly open door of her home, when there's a storm outside and all the electricity is out and the phone line has been cut and her boyfriend has mysteriously disappeared, when obviously there is a psychotic serial killer lying in wait, the stranger decides to investigate. He recruits a few of the locals and they get a little ambitious: "...that was what they planned to do; save the world. It sounded simple enough." This tale is spun with promise by Todd Brabander. It is clearly in the tradition of Stephen King. In my opinion, Mr. Brabander should keep at his writing, especially of the horror genre. Please visit the author at : http://www.todd13.com/ And Smashwords at: http://www.smashwords.com/ P.S. He did a marvelous job with the ending, just the right tone.