A review by gharris777
Beneath a Pale Sky by Philip Fracassi

4.0

Excellent collection of short stories by Philip Fracassi!

Thinking about this collection last night, I came to the idea that each short story involved death in some way.
Either through the physical act or emotional one.

I love that this collection plays around with this theme and gives different scenarios or ideas on the horror of dying.

Favorites:

Harvest – 4/4.5 stars
(Great concept and atmosphere.)

The Wheel – 5 stars
(Perfection!)

Soda Jerk – 4 stars
(Great concept and the ending still gives me the creeps.)

ID – 5 stars
(I loved this one! Definitely stays with you and the insanity of it all is perfection.)

Death, My Old Friend – 4 stars
(Not necessarily horror but really loved this one.)

Great but wanted more to the story:

Fragile Dreams – 4 stars
(It would have been a favorite if unanswered questions that I had were addressed.)

Good:
***Comments after the title on why it wasn’t a favorite.***

Symphony – 3 stars
(I didn’t like the ending on this one. It didn’t feel true to the motivations of the characters.)

Ateuchus – 3.5 stars
(I need to take some acid and reread this again.