Smog - Baggage of Eternal Night

I received this book to review through Library Thing Early Reviewers
This is another of the Double Down series that delivers two novellas in one neat little package.
Smog by Lisa Morton was a really easy read that flowed beautifully. Set in the 1960's when everything was more innocent and the only thing to fear was the Russians. This little slice of Americana becomes the setting of a chemical induced lord of the suburban flies where the main character , the tomboy Joey, has to fight for survival and deal with her first period. A fun take on the coming of age story.
Baggage of Eternal Night by Eric J. Guignard is less of an easy read but a far grittier story. This story touches at the hoarder and collector in all of us. Charlie's friend, the recovering problem gambler Joey Third, gets more than he bid for on the purchase of a suitcase from the hotel auctions. Feeling a bit like House of Leaves, this story uncovers the things in the shadows that we don't like to think about to truly giver the reader the yips.
The two novellas are certainly worth the Sunday afternoon perusal.