Rhiannon
This ‘are-they-really-out-there-no-they're-here (maybe)' kind of X-files horror story was absolutely compelling right from the start and didn't let up. Written in a kind of ‘dossier' format (podcasts, damaged journals, news articles) paired with narrative, the format keeps you fully engaged and entirely guessing. The plot seems like a good old fashioned x-files episode but thoroughly modernized.
Mutilated cattle are being found in very disparate places in east Texas, precisely defaced and defiled. A child goes missing, comes back, goes missing again. Perfectly normal people suddenly erupt into the most violent behaviour... Podcasters theorize and the MiB are creeping on the periphery... all of these pieces perfectly dovetail into a cohesive whole.
And just when you think the wild ride is really “out there” you dig a bit and find out that it's based on actual, real events from 2023.
Tindol does such a good job of bringing fictional characters to authentic life that it's easy to believe they are ALL real people. He skillfully blurs the lines between fiction and actual reported events that I was absolutely thrilled to be so completely unsure (and therefore so Very Very Uneasy) and thoroughly beguiled by what I was reading.
This ‘are-they-really-out-there-no-they're-here (maybe)' kind of X-files horror story was absolutely compelling right from the start and didn't let up. Written in a kind of ‘dossier' format (podcasts, damaged journals, news articles) paired with narrative, the format keeps you fully engaged and entirely guessing. The plot seems like a good old fashioned x-files episode but thoroughly modernized.
Mutilated cattle are being found in very disparate places in east Texas, precisely defaced and defiled. A child goes missing, comes back, goes missing again. Perfectly normal people suddenly erupt into the most violent behaviour... Podcasters theorize and the MiB are creeping on the periphery... all of these pieces perfectly dovetail into a cohesive whole.
And just when you think the wild ride is really “out there” you dig a bit and find out that it's based on actual, real events from 2023.
Tindol does such a good job of bringing fictional characters to authentic life that it's easy to believe they are ALL real people. He skillfully blurs the lines between fiction and actual reported events that I was absolutely thrilled to be so completely unsure (and therefore so Very Very Uneasy) and thoroughly beguiled by what I was reading.