Freakin Fridays!
Freakin Fridays is my own little meme. I’ll be posting about books, movies, and all things scary. Tune in every Friday. Get your scare on!
Let’s have some fun!
I have four stories to tell you about today.
Most of you know how much I love short stories. What I found in this collection is excellent writing and stories that keep you reading, even when you fear what’s coming.
So let’s get started.
Description
Four tales of extreme suspense and mystery aimed at getting the heart pumping. Hard. A soldier on D-Day finds an enemy soldier acting very strangely indeed; a jilted husband creates a grisly scavenger hunt; a marriage reconciliation service ABSOLUTELY guarantees positive results—the question is, how? And more!
Turn out the lights and enter a bizarre world, but remember—don’t go in the basement!
First things first. Are you the type of person who ignores all the cliché warnings and does just what you shout at the character in the movie not to do? You know, don’t go in the basement, don’t go in the water, don’t open the door, Etc….
You are? Great! You’ll love these stories then.
Night Drop
Private John Larkin is lost. It’s the morning following D-Day and he’s stumbling around Norman trying to find a small town. During the night drop, he was separated from his unit. With no safe place to hide, he keeps moving, hoping to bump into his unit, hell, any unit.
Instead, he finds a tiny village. Looks like it’s already been bombed. And just sittin’ there on a rock is a German soldier.
What looks like an opportunity, becomes something else all together for John.
Do you ever feel like yelling at the character in the story, saying, “Hey, wake up and look around!”
I wanted to ask John, “Don’t you watch the movies?”
Even though I had a good idea what was going on, the ending was still a blast!
Scavenger Hunt
I’m going to warn you right now, this one is grisly.
This poor sap thought he was getting away with it. Then he discovers a card stuck on his front door. He’s been invited to a scavenger hunt and he has a good idea who did the inviting.
So, he plays along and follows the clues, each discovery more gruesome than the last.
He’s pretty sure he knows how it will end, but he is so wrong.
This one isn’t for those with a sensitive stomach. It’s brutal and nasty, but oh so clever.
I think this might be my favorite.
Reconciliation Services,Inc.
Both men are going through a divorce. Both have kids. And both have a wife who knows how to manipulate the judicial system to put the screws to them, but good.
“Then one day, Pete comes into work happier than a puppy in a Milk-Bone bakery.”
Let’s just say, our guy should have stayed away from the kibbles.
The Problem of the Vanishing Bullet
This one felt like the author gave me a treat for being a good reader and finishing the book.
It’s a short story about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
One man guns down the other and is arrested for murder.
The fiance says he did kill the guy, but it was in self-defense, the other man shot first. The problem is, no bullet. The room was searched diligently and no bullet or bullet holes were found.
The clever Holmes pulls a rabbit out of his hat, or should I say, a bullet out of a…..
I loved this one. I felt like I was watching a black and white episode on TV. I kept waiting to read, “Elementary, my dear Watson!”
Each story was so different. Each one has you going from the first few sentences and keeps you reading on for more. Each story almost has a moral to it.
I couldn’t give this collection anything less than 5 Stars.
The writing was excellent, the plots were so entertaining, and Lee Enderlin really hooked me when I wished they were longer.
I’m going to read The Dead of Winter next. It’s a full length novel. Just what I wished for!
College student Christy Brewer lives in a personal hell at home with an increasingly unreasonable and violent father while balancing school and a love life. Meanwhile, over a hundred miles away, in a small ski resort town, Police Chief Wayne Marski is suddenly dealing with a serial killer who is dispatching people in a particularly grisly manner. Worse, the few clues indicate that he is dealing with a human adversary.
Or is he?
Their stories coincide in a suspenseful and action-filled climax as a centuries-old curse comes home.
For more about Lee Enderlin and his books you can find him at Tales of Mystery and Midnight.
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