TITLE: Ushers: A Short Story
AUTHOR: Joe Hill
PUBLISHER: Amazon Original Stories
PUBLISHING DATE: November 1, 2024
PAGES: 29
SOURCE: Kindle Unlimited
FROM GOODREADS: Martin Lorensen is a twenty-three-year-old counselor for disturbed teenagers. He’s bright, compassionate, attractive, and outgoing. He’s also—and this is the most interesting thing—not dead. Martin has improbably survived not one but two deadly disasters that claimed dozens of lives. The kid is riding one hell of a lucky streak. Two federal agents think there is something darker at play. Now that they’ve arranged to interview Martin, they want answers. Martin is ready to share everything he knows. One thing is for certain: when it comes to escaping death, luck doesn’t figure into it at all.
Joe Hill is hit or miss for me. I either love his stuff or find it just "meh." However, I loved the horror short he did last October for Amazon Originals, The Pram, so I wanted to give this one a shot. I will say I really loved the premise behind this one. I think it worked great as a short story but will admit, I think I could have hopped on board for a full-length novel of this one. Martin was a curious character and at the end, I knew where this one was headed. Definitely one to grab if you are a Hill fan or if you just enjoy horror short stories
MY RATING: 5 PAWS
I read on Goodreads that this story will be adapted for the big screen...so maybe you'll get the full-fledged story you crave for!
ReplyDeleteGlad this one turned out to be one of his really good ones. :D
ReplyDeleteJoe Hill is the same for me, hit or miss. Plus, I actually had a bit of a Twitter argument with him years ago, so haven't been reading much anyway. Glad to hear this one was not bad!
ReplyDeleteI just saw this on NetGalley as "read now" and almost grabbed it. Now I may need to actually go get it since you loved it!
ReplyDeleteI rarely read short stories but maybe I should read these Amazon originals. They seem to be very solid from the reviews I've seen.
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