Her Husband's Hands and Other Stories

author: Adam-Troy Castro

name: Wayne

average rating: 4.55

book published: 2013

rating: 4

read at: 2015/01/28

date added: 2015/01/28

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'Her Husband's Hands and Other Stories' by Adam-Troy Castro is a series of disturbing short stories. I found them bizarre and chilling, and I enjoyed them.



The title story tells of a woman who receives the remains of her husband after he's been at war. All that is left are his hands, and they move and communicate by typing. It seems they might have PTSD as well, as if two hands moving and communicating weren't creepy enough.



'Cherub' finds us in a strange world where everyone has a small creature riding our backs that shows their true ugly natures to the world. What happens to a child who is born a complete innocent in a world like this?



'The Shallow End of the Pool' takes custody fights to a brutal end as a brother and sister are pitted in a death match against each other while their estranged parents look on.



Those are just a few of the stories you'll encounter in this collection. I've read some Adam-Troy Castro short stories before and these are quite different from other ones I've read by him. He makes reference to it in a good essay at the end of the book. He's a good storyteller and I recommend this collection for those looking for stories on the strange and dark side.



I received a review copy of this ebook from Diamond Book Distributors, Prime Books and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.





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