The Strange Garden and Other Weird Tales

(This review originally appeared at HistoryThatNeverWas.com) The Strange Garden and Other Weird Tales by Alex Kingsley is dark and hilarious in equal parts, weaving seamlessly between the two, sometimes even in the same story. A number of the stories are previously published, but the collection also......more

I am very picky with short stories, and usually either I hate them or love them. You can see by the rating how much I loved this little treasure of a book. The author nailed the stories every time, let it be dark, humorous, deep, quirky, lighthearted or a bit of mixed bag. Its amazing how Alex took s......more

This collection of short stories manages to be equal parts horrific and sweet all while having elements of humor that actually had me laughing out loud! My favorite stories would have to be "His Name is Chad" and "Dev Fielding and the Call of the In Between" but honestly, every story in this collect......more

Great collection for a lover of SFF! (and most of the stories has the perfect length for making that train ride to work far more enjoyable). There are a few stories I found okay, I few stories that I really loved, and a few absolute gems. "Dev Fielding and the Call of the In Between" in particular w......more