There's something about know horror authors writing outside of the horror genre that really just captures something special.

Boy's Life goes through the stages of a the title.

A coming of age story that hits home in a way that, although set in the '60s, is everlasting. There's a soul to the character of Cory that travels beyond time. An innocence that we all were at one time or another, and just an ardent desire to live in the moment. Of course Cory doesn't really see it as this, he's just taking things as they come, learning, and coming to terms with the type of future that he'll be living soon.

Less a plot driven narrative, and more a series of circumstances that surrounds Cory at this time, we're weaved through a town that's torn by racism, poverty, a darker underbelly, and even myths of a monster.

And I'll be honest, the way that these things are touched upon is amazing. We have naive, innocent Cory witness a death and it begins this spiral of opening his eyes into a world that he didn't know. All while getting glimpses of the rippling effect it can have on everyone around them. Interspersed with this "main" narrative is the true meat of the story.

Days in the life of a boy in the '60s, where everything seems to change through the course of a year, a summer. And it's beautiful.