I didn't go back to the book until the next day. It took me some time to recuperate from the shock after finishing that one. Some stories give you a spooky feel, but none of them are terrifying, except for the one with zombies ('Danger Word'). The characters experience their supernatural or sci-fi problems through the lens of their unique racial baggage and tensions. Five of the stories belong more in the sci-fi genre, about a futuristic technology, or about a super virus wiping out people from the earth and the dystopia that followed.Īll stories are enjoyable. Four of the stories are involve some supernatural power a character holds, or a supernatural phenomenon that was experienced, but the stories themselves were not scary per se. Six of the stories belong to the horror genre, with supernatural monsters or ghosts or zombies. The rest are about black people in modern times, or in a future dysphoria setting. There are two stories about black people in Jim Crow era. There is a story about black people escaping from slavery in the 19th century. The writer writes stories about black people and their plight. This is a collection of 14 short stories and one novella. Thanks to Diamond Book Distributors and NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review! ( )

I would without a doubt buy this collection because every single one of the stories is good. The story is given enough length to really get to know the characters and to tell a story. But a novella is still a good length when it comes to a story. And, it's incredible good yes it could have been an incredible book as well.

That is why Ghost Summer gets the 5 star here we have the books only novella. I was tempted to give some of them 4.5 stars, but I do feel that they were a bit too short, they would have been incredible good if they just had been a bit longer because they are so good written and I love the characters. But I can't give them 4 stars because either they feel too short or the subject doesn't touch me as some of the other stories did. The ones I gave 3.5 stars to are really good, great writing and everything. I feel that they should be experienced without the reader knowing what they are about.īut I will say something about how I have rated the stories. First, the review would be way too long and second I feel that the stories should be read with no knowledge what they are about. I will not write a review on each story for two reasons. I can say the only fault I see is that every story could be a book. This is a truly good collection of shorts stories (and one novella).

Ghost summer stories