Horror stories evoke fear; it is the nature of the beast. So rarely do u find a horror story that causes other emotions to stir. But a good horror writer knows that in order for the fear to really pay off u have to engage the readers with not just the concept of the story but with the characters that populate the world of the story. So what if a character u don't care about dies? No matter how visceral of detailed that characters demise, without invested emotions it just doesn't resonate.
Luckily for the reader, with this story, u will care.
Elliot Tather has a good life. A happy wife, a nice house and a young son. All that is thrown into disarray when one dag his son, Evan, disappears from the backyard. With no sign of the boy, Elliot's life becomes a hell of misery and tragedy. As the days become years and with his entire existence disintegrates around him, he never gives up hope that one dag he will find his lost boy. Then one night, Elliot stops at a diner and what happens there will alter his future forever.
The main horror aspect in this story does not come from copious amounts of gore ( although there is enough of that to keep the gore hounds happy) it comes instead from the very real idea of how one thing can change a life for the worse almost instantaneously.
This is an excellent novella. While it won't take u long to get through, the emotional hit this story inflicts is non less devastating