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Literature is a relative term.

Surfer Girl

C+: 3 stars (out of 5)
2017 | Short Story
A cover for Behold the Void by Philip Fracassi

A serial killer comes of age during a vacation with his mother and step-father in Acapulco.

Fracassi injects new life into the tired “birth of a serial killer” premise by transporting the location to a tropical resort. I appreciated this aspect, but—much like Rob Zombie’s Halloween—humanizing the monster robs him of some edge.

Still, credit Fracassi with a terrific opening line:

Adolf’s father melted the day after he became a man.

That’s how you hook a reader.

Reading History

  • Watched on
    Fri, Apr 22, 2022 via Kindle (Behold the Void, Lovecraft eZine Press, 2018)