All teenagers come of age. But in this spellbinding story by the bestselling author of Ill Will, one girl's awakening requires something special. Something strange. Then it can all work like a charm.
Ever since they were orphaned, Tyler has kept close tabs on his sister, Shannon. He has to, considering her weird and risky obsessions. Now she has a new one: an inexplicable crush on an odd-looking stranger. And what Shannon wants from her unwitting "honey boy," Tyler can't begin to fathom. Not until he follows his sister into the darkest corners of her desires.
The Beckoning Fair One is part of Disorder, a collection of six short stories of living nightmares, chilling visions, and uncanny imagination that explore a world losing its balance in terrifying ways. Each piece can be read or listened to in a single disorienting sitting.
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[The first time we saw Walker Ransom, my sister, Shannon, and I were sitting in Amy Joy Donuts, and he just happened to walk by]***
(Amazon Original Stories, 27 June 2019, ebook, 33 pages, borrowed from @AmazonKindle, Prime Reading)
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WTF did I just read? I mean, really - what the actual? I am quite perplexed. The story starts off quite well and intrigued me. I had a lot of questions. Who are Tyler and Shannon? How did their grandmother die? Why is she buried in the back garden? Do people know they live alone? There's definitely something odd going on. None of these questions are answered. Instead the whole story consists of Shannon being creepy and weird, obsessing over and encouraging Tyler to stalk him. This was quite interesting and I wondered where the story would go. The ending is just a load of nonsense. A worm crawls out the belly button of the man Shannon's been obsessing over and she opens her legs and.... I'm sure you can imagine the rest. WTF? What a load of crap.
