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I was lucky enough to pick this up at his author signing at Dark Delicacies in Burbank. Lethal Birds is an excellent collection of award winning stories from Gene O’Neil. I read this book in one sitting in a waiting room. Cover to cover I can’t think of a better way to pass the time.
EDITED (2/23/2017) - This book was just listed on the 2016 Bram Stoker Awards Final Ballot for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection.If you look up the term “renaissance man”, do not be surprised if instead of a definition, you see a picture of Gene O’Neill. As Eric Guignard’s introduction to Lethal Birds states: “He was a U.S Marine and a champion boxer. And a college basketball player. And a multi-degreed business man, a property rights specialist, postal worker, corporate vice-presiden...
I first came across Gene O'Neill's work in the late 90s. He wrote the kind of short story that I can't get enough of: weird, well crafted, and an atmosphere that you can fall into. His work makes you think and sticks with you long after you've finished. The stories in Lethal Birds still hold that magic.Lethal Birds contains five stories, all different in tone, that are thematically connected by birds. Several of the stories also deal with military or ex-military personnel and the strange things