Thought I'd check out this short story. Twenty-seven year old Johnny is an aspiring musician, who is slightly unnerved by a poster bought for him by his mother featuring a group of musicians and an eerie demonic crowd that appear to meld and move with each repeat viewing. At first I was reminded of an old Stephen King story about a demonic dog attempting to leap free from the photograph that binds it (similar to Lovecraft's Hounds of Tindalos), and began to anticipate some serious nastiness ahead. As it transpires this story is fairly mild, revolving around the spirits of musicians who never made it seeking some kind of representation in this world.The story is nicely written, and Reed clearly has considerable skill as a narrator. It's a nice conceit as well; adding a supernatural twist to that notion of rock and roll's 'twenty-seven club.' My only gripe was that it was a little bit tame - having set the tone for a nice dose of horror I felt the ending lacked a little punch. Oh yeah, and the 52 pages listed on the description...god knows what sized font the original used as I raced through this in under ten minutes.
As such I'm not sure if I'd recommend paying over 0.99 for this, though wouldn't hesitate to recommend the writer if her longer works are written to the same standard of prose.
Link to Amazon page here: http://tinyurl.com/og9jkxo
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