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A striking collection of exciting stories by the New York Times bestselling author of the Repairman Jack novels
Bestseller Wilson (By the Sword ) displays an expert grasp of storytelling mechanics and an impressive breadth of themes and approaches in what he says in an afterword is his last collection. The title tale is a moving meditation on love and loss, built on the unlikely premise of lightning-strike survivors seeing the spirits of their dear departed at their near-death moment of electrocution. "Dreams" riffs on the Frankenstein theme with its speculation on how the monster might act were its brain to have retained aspects of its predeath personality. In "Interlude at Duane's," urban mercenary hero Repairman Jack must foil a four-man holdup with found weapons fashioned from consumer goods on the shelves of the drugstore where it takes place. In all these efforts, Wilson establishes characters with a few deft strokes, quickly sets up a tricky plot, and then masterfully maneuvers the reader to a well-orchestrated (and sometimes surprising) ending. Fans will hope they haven't seen the last of Wilson's short fiction. (Mar.)
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Kellen Conway
reviewed Aftershock and Others: 19 Oddities on February 06, 2017
Aftershock and Others: 19 Oddities
F. Paul Wilson is one of my favorite authors, and these are well written short stories. Those two factor in themselves got it three and a half stars. Why I gave it four stars was for the year by year commentary by Mr.Wilson. Being a fan, it was very interesting to me to see what he was going through, especially the years that I was reading his work. Like most anthologies there are a couple of excellent stories, some good ones and a couple that struggled to be fair. You expect that from a book of short stories, what you really read for are those top tales. I most enjoyed the title story and Aryans and Absinthe. The latter a good read for Repairman Jack fans. I was actually a little disappointed in the actual RJ short story, it was too short and lacked Jack's usual humor and inventiveness. I think I liked his previous short story collection, The Barrens and Others, better. However, don't get me wrong, this book is worth reading, especially if you appreciate F. Paul Wilson.
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