THERE'S MORE TO THIS WORLD THAN FLESH AND BONE." Set in the mysterious space between the everyday world and an existence just beyond reach, "Oddities & Entities" traces a path through the supernatural, the paranormal, and the speculative. With moments of horror, dark humor, and philosophical transcendence, these tales explore a definition of life beyond the fragile vessel of the human body.
"Oddities and Entities" is a collection of six tales bordering on the paranormal/supernatural genres. The stories are thematically linked and explore the definition of life beyond the fragile vessel of the human body. "Oddities and Entities" consists of: 'Boneview', in which a young woman struggles to balance her ability to see through people with the presence of a supernatural creature in her life; 'Shift/Change', in which a hospital worker struggles to regain his memory as he is confronted by a series of desperate people (this story was previously published in the July 2010 issue of 'Aphelion'); 'My Other Me', in which a lonely college student finds himself displaced from his body by his alter ego; 'Gray', in which a frustrated man is stunned to discover a little creature has been living in his head; 'Elmer Phelps', in which a brother and sister find themselves linked in a strange reality by a bat bite in their youth; and lastly, 'Appendage', in which a cynical mercenary is hired by his son to protect a research lab on the verge of a stunning discovery.
My Review:
This is a paranormal book with 6 different stories. They all freaked me out a little bit!
~Boneview is about a girl who befriends a strange creature. She is also to sense certain things when sh looks at people. The ending surprised me, and I hope the main character does what she needs to do to keep her loved ones safe.
~Shift/Change is about the strange things that happen in a hospital. Between having sex with the dead, and drugs, this book really was creepy.
~My Other Me describes what would happen if an evil entity took over your body. The really messed up part was that the entity was an alter ego. This made me think that there is evil in everyone (not to this extreme I hope), and that freaked me out.
~Gray was about a real creature living in the main characters head. I guess the voices in your head can be deadly.
~Elmer Phelps scared me because my sister just had a bat in her house. Bats are real, and what the bat did to these siblings made me want to bat proof my house.
~Appendage was about a father and son that are so far apart they only got together because the son hired his father. A research lab is going to discover something big, and time is running out on an antidote.
All in all I really liked these stories. They not only got into my head, but they also freaked me out. Roland is a great story teller and knows how to scare his readers at the right time. I definitely could not read this book at night. I am giving this book a 5/5 because I loved the writing style, and there were many frights! I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.
The My Other Me sounds like a story I might want to read!
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