★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement
(Horror) A boy finds a pair of disembodied eyeballs which tell him about a land where children are born blind and can only see after their parents sacrifice their own eyes to them (4,208 words; Time: 14m)
"Eyes," by Paul Crenshaw [bio] (edited by Andy Cox), appeared in Interzone issue 276, published on July 15, 2018 by TTA Press.
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Pro: The concept of sharing memories between generations is an interesting one.
Con: The biggest problem with this story is that it’s told entirely in narration. It’s like reading the outline of a story—not the story itself.
The eye plucking completely grossed me out, and I could never stop thinking about how Michael was carrying someone else's eyeballs in his pocket.
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Con: The biggest problem with this story is that it’s told entirely in narration. It’s like reading the outline of a story—not the story itself.
The eye plucking completely grossed me out, and I could never stop thinking about how Michael was carrying someone else's eyeballs in his pocket.
Other Reviews: Search Web, Browse Review Sites (Issue 276)
Paul Crenshaw Info: Interviews, Websites, ISFDB, FreeSFOnline
Follow RSR on Twitter, Facebook, RSS, or E-mail.
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