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Lillie is a master at eerie storytelling. Everything in this collection creeps just outside the range of the lamplight. Personal favorites from this collection - In Loco Parentis (holy creeptastic batman!), Mother Sylvia, Alice-with-a-Y. With that said, every story is wonderful and gorgeous. Thoroughly enjoyed this.
I just finished up The Cuckoo Girls by Patricia Lillie. I was given a copy in exchange for an honest review. This isn’t the first time I’ve read Lillie’s work. I read The Ceiling Man a few years back when it first came out, and if you haven’t read that, then you are missing out. If you like Stephen King, it is a must-read. The Cuckoo Girls is a collection of short stories, some of which have appeared in other anthologies, and some of which are original to this collection. Lillie’s style of horro...
Lillie's "Mother Sylvia" was the highlight of Nightscript V for me, so I was keen to check out her collection.The title story has her characteristic light touch. She wastes no time setting up the uncomfortable situation that quickly darkens: She just wants to finish her folding in peace, to escape the laundromat's overwhelming smell of bleach and the shrieking toddlers running laps around the tables and carts, but the strange girl appears intent on making Jennifer her new best friend.Soon we get...
