Sunday, February 5, 2012

Odd Stacks - Scott Nicholson

An omnibus of a couple of collections and an anthology :

The First
Flowers
Zombie Bits

All three are good, so this is an excellent volume.

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A science fiction collection with a largely shared setting. Again, of consistent and equivalent quality to Flowers at 3.32.

First : The Way of All Flesh - Scott Nicholson
First : Floating Cathedral Song - Scott Nicholson
First : Penance - Scott Nicholson
First : Reckless Osmosis - Scott Nicholson
First : Narrow is the Way - Scott Nicholson
First : The Shaping - Scott Nicholson
First : Doomsday Diary - Scott Nicholson
First : Tellers - Scott Nicholson
First : The Taste of Clouds - Scott Nicholson
First : Angelorum Orbis - Scott Nicholson
First : Honesty - Scott Nicholson
First : Zero Meets Rainbow in Heavy Gravity - Scott Nicholson
First : A Socketful of Blather - Scott Nicholson
First : Shifting Sands of Memory - Scott Nicholson

Warrior creation.

3.5 out of 5

Temple Aeolus.

3 out of 5

Soldier or grandma, all gonna get it.

3.5 out of 5

Plug burn.

3 out of 5

Tapeworm rocked.

3.5 out of 5

Sculpting trial.

3.5 out of 5

Mass suicide special.

3.5 out of 5

Time withdrawal.

3 out of 5

Jetcar freedom.

3.5 out of 5

Twin claws of guilt.

3.5 out of 5

Kiss me time travel lies. With leopardskin.

3.5 out of 5

Story out of finish.

3 out of 5

Go-Boy viz, Keats.

3.5 out of 5

Spirit Spy destroy.

3 out of 5



3.5 out of 5


Highly consistent spooky short story collection at 3.30.

Flowers : The Vampire Shortstop - Scott Nicholson
Flowers : Thirst - Scott Nicholson
Flowers : When You Wear These Shoes - Scott Nicholson
Flowers : Invisible Friend - Scott Nicholson
Flowers : The Night the Wind Died - Scott Nicholson
Flowers : Scarecrow Boy - Scott Nicholson
Flowers : Luminosity - Scott Nicholson
Flowers : Wampus Cat - Scott Nicholson
Flowers : The Boy Who Saw Fire - Scott Nicholson
Flowers : In the Heart of November - Scott Nicholson

Spiked end of kid game.

3.5 out of 5

Rain girl unhappy.

3.5 out of 5

Go places.

3 out of 5

Crazy-brain dummyhead half-dead.

3.5 out of 5

Storm girl.

3 out of 5

Your turn for just hanging around.

3.5 out of 5

Maker Moon.

3.5 out of 5

Appalachian monster Barry food.

3.5 out of 5

Dad is a sun eater.

3 out of 5

Dead friends.

3 out of 5



3.5 out of 5


Another 3.30 type anthology from Nicholson - with one dead sheep standout.

Zombie Bits : A Farewell to Arms - Scott Nicholson
Zombie Bits : Bleeding Ink - Scott Nicholson
Zombie Bits : Need - Scott Nicholson
Zombie Bits : Survivors - Joe McKinney
Zombie Bits : Carnival Knowledge - Scott Nicholson
Zombie Bits : Murdermouth - Scott Nicholson
Zombie Bits : Eat Me - Scott Nicholson
Zombie Bits : A Matter of Taste - J. A. Konrath
Zombie Bits : The Meek - Scott Nicholson
Zombie Bits : Comic script: Murdermouth 1 - Scott Nicholson
Zombie Bits : Zombie Apocalypse Survival Scorecard - Jonathan Maberry
Zombie Bits : You'll Never Walk Alone - Scott Nicholson

Too many zombies to kill, so guess my kids get eaten.

3.5 out of 5

Sons of Lazarus story.

3 out of 5

Want Page.

3 out of 5

Hell it is, like a turtle shell.

3.5 out of 5

Zombie Freak showing.

3 out of 5

Finishing her bones.

3.5 out of 5

Munch out, honey.

3 out of 5

No vegie zombies.

3 out of 5

Zombie sheep food, mate.

4 out of 5

Story directions.

4 out of 5

Apocalypse possibilities.

3 out of 5

This is pretty bad and gray Daddy.

3.5 out of 5



3.5 out of 5






4.5 out of 5

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