Then one day Craig comes to see him and finds his dead body awaiting. At first, the man is resistant, but with a little coaching from Craig, Mr Harrigan discovers that he can find real-time stock information and sets out to spend his retirement becoming even richer. After a couple of years of saving, Craig has earned enough money and buys Mr H an I-Phone for his birthday. Mr Harrigan’s Phone – A young boy, Craig, gets a job helping out local eccentric and avowed Luddite Mr Harrigan as he ages. The quartet of stories is definitely King territory and while not mind-blowingly original, are definitely worth your time.ĭisclaimer – I read this in July, so forgive me if I’m a little hazy on some of the details. None of the quartet of stories could be considered scary or fantastical, but they are somewhat out to lunch. Will using “Weird Fiction” as a defining tag turn people off? Maybe, but not this guy (points thumbs at self).Īnyway, If It Bleeds fits beautifully into the weird fiction category. To wit, we should just embrace it as a genre in its own right and fill it with books that belong there. While enough hammering will get said book into said hole, it never quite fits. I have come to the conclusion over the last year or so that the so-called sub-genre of Weird Fiction has been hiding in the shadows for too long and many square books have been hammered into the round genres of horror, fantasy and so forth.
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