I admit I am a bit biased because I know Tom personally but this is a tight, clever story that plays on childhood fears in a very effective way. It has its creepy, scary moments but also its sweet, heartwarming ones.
A strangely relatable tale about our present moment but written 30 years ago. Great characters. Solid story. Very bleak and dark bit with hints of hope.
Continuing his fascination with the lives of the dead Saunders brings a strange tale of a woman inevitably comforting those with burdens to unleash in their final moments - A task she only fully performs after she abandons the woman she had been in life.