Rhiannon
This short, merciless little novelette of pregnancy horror laced with cosmic dread surprised me. Not because of the plot, or the inventiveness of Huff’s writing, but because I wasn’t actually expecting such a brutal emotional punch.
I should know better by now, because Huff always manages to sneak emotional gravitas into the most gruesome of stories, and I went into this short story thinking it was going to be a quick, fun, crazy story but somehow turned into something so much more impactful. How did that happen in a mere 60 pages? The crushing, slow-motion loss of an unborn child affected me in a way that I’m almost mad about (because I honestly have always abhorred the idea of childbirth and motherhood, so it’s never been something I feel emotionally connected to).
I’ve loved Huff’s writing for their wild, inventive and subversive style, populated with a healthy dose of terribly flawed characters with emotional depth. Yet somehow, they always manage to surprise me in unexpected ways. And this was no exception.
Originally posted at www.amazon.ca.
This short, merciless little novelette of pregnancy horror laced with cosmic dread surprised me. Not because of the plot, or the inventiveness of Huff’s writing, but because I wasn’t actually expecting such a brutal emotional punch.
I should know better by now, because Huff always manages to sneak emotional gravitas into the most gruesome of stories, and I went into this short story thinking it was going to be a quick, fun, crazy story but somehow turned into something so much more impactful. How did that happen in a mere 60 pages? The crushing, slow-motion loss of an unborn child affected me in a way that I’m almost mad about (because I honestly have always abhorred the idea of childbirth and motherhood, so it’s never been something I feel emotionally connected to).
I’ve loved Huff’s writing for their wild, inventive and subversive style, populated with a healthy dose of terribly flawed characters with emotional depth. Yet somehow, they always manage to surprise me in unexpected ways. And this was no exception.
Originally posted at www.amazon.ca.