He went on the road expecting the worst of America, but what if the worst of America was also in him? This is the unsettling story of a man in a midlife crisis and his unexpected awakening, by award-winning writer Emily Raboteau.
Poison-tongued film critic Reginald Wright is known for his creative insults and intolerance for the garbage culture, insufferable rudeness, and thoughtless racism of predictably common people. Now, against his better judgment, and with a marriage in crisis, he's attempting a getaway in the Poconos that quickly fulfils his every low expectation. In fact, it's becoming a nightmare. And that's just what Reginald needs to wake up.
Emily Raboteau's The Tangled Woods is part of Dark Corners, a collection of seven heart-stopping short stories by bestselling authors who give you so many new reasons to be afraid. Each story can be read in a single sitting. Or, if you have the nerve, you can listen all by yourself in the dark.
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[The film critic, Reginald White, known for his gleefully bloodthirsty reviews, took 1-80 West from Manhattan]***
(Amazon Original Stories, 27 September 2018, 37 pages, ebook, bought from Amazon)
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This is my first time reading the author. I enjoyed this story so much I want to read more of her work. This is the best story in the Dark Corners collection so far. It gets pretty dark at times. The author does a great job of conveying Reginald's crumbling marriage and the increasing bitterness between him and his wife. A lot happens in such a short piece. I thought the ending was startling but perfect. The Tangled Woods is a great piece of writing. I loved it.