By William Cook
Publisher: King Billy Publications
Pub. Date: December 20, 2014
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
William Cook is one of those authors in the horror/fantasy field I keep
hearing about but I have yet to reach in and explore the depths of his
talent. I have read a book of his poems and found them quite engaging in
a darkly fantastique way. In
One Way Ticket we have an
example of his short fiction and a fine one it is. Even if I did not
read his poetry, I would have guessed we had a poet among us because of
the beautiful descriptions and the instant immersion into an eerie and
tense environment.
One Way Ticket involves Abel Laroux, a man
who farmed a forsaken perhaps cursed plot of land in the Louisiana bayou
as did the generations before him. On the night of the thirtieth year
of his life, he experiences something that may change his life or be his
death. It is a brief glimpse of terror that reads like many of the folk
tales of that region. But what raises it above the typical is a
certain description of a mode of transportation that makes the story a
marvel. it is eerie, grotesque, and one of those written narratives that
manages to translate into sight, sounds and smells as you read it. The
skill of the writing holds you and convince you of the devilish doings
in this story. There is not much else to say but to get this little gem
and enjoy the chills. I now have another name on my list of authors to
remember.
One Way Ticket is approximately 64 pages long and currently a free ebook on Amazon. It includes an excerpt from Cook's novel,
Blood Related and the poem
The Temper of the Tides.
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