That's not his child!
I never felt so adamant about saying something like that. Sour Candy is as good as the cover art. It was the outline of a smokey-red background by massive antlers from a deer skull that caught my initial attention. In that space is a nightmare that confronts only Phil, the main character. SMH: I couldn't help but feel for him. That thing is not his child. Sour Candy is well-suited for the Kindle app it's hosted on (or e-readers in general). It's a short story. It's not bogged down with fleeting details. And the vocabulary level isn't rudimentary, but bite-size intervals of reading aren't hindered by persistent definition lookups. I first learned about Burke's work through his story in the anthology Dark Cities (C. Golden). If you liked "The Dogs" (Scott Smith) in that anthology (and I did!), then give Sour Candy a try. Sour Candy is one of, according to his bio at the end, Burke's works optioned for a movie. Optioning is no guarantee for movie production, but I hope it works out in his favor.
A book review of Sour Candy (Kealan Patrick Burke)
Jubalyn ExWilliams lives in Pennsylvania (United States). You can find dozens of her reviews, including one for Sour Candy by Kealan Patrick Burke, at landturn.com/reviews.
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