Tales of Outre Noir. An Anthology
Edited by Mark Slade. Nightside Press
I wasn't sure what to expect when I delved into this short anthology. Man I was in for a pleasant surprise. This book is filled with crime and comedy, in the form of short stories, scripts and the bizarre. I mostly enjoyed the crime stories for example the opening tale in emails only. Brilliant. What a way to open.
What follows is often a collection of tales filled with surprises. "Company Man" has the best opening ever.
A few of my favorites are:
The many indiscretions of agent 592 by Holly Rae Garcia
Skin Flicks by Hesse Rawlins
Company Man by Tom Pitts
A few negatives:
Some of the humor seemed slapstick, a lot didn't hit the mark.
Some of the stories are written with passive passages mixed with active. A few tales seemed over the top in police brutality--might have worked in the 80's but not these days.
The negatives, are only a few and don't distract from the positives.
This collection (as a whole) is excellent. I really enjoyed it. If you like dark noir and bizarre tales, then this in the anthology for you.
PS: Might what to correct the misspelling on the Kindle page :-)
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