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jrpoole's review
Here we have what amounts to survival-horror tale set in the post-apocalyptic wastes of Indiana. The story follows our first person narrator in the days following the end of the world, brought on by a series of freakish natural disasters. He sets out with the vague notion of finding his lost family and encounters a handful of memorable characters, including a talking cat, on the journey. Interspersed with the main narrative is a series of increasingly surreal dreams involving Jesus Christ, bizarre game shows, and the titular horse.
Reminiscent of a less scatological version of the narrator from Chad Kultgen's Average American Male, matter-of-fact and very much a product of suburban malaise, the narrative voice of The Dying Horse might take a little getting used to, but becomes the novella's biggest asset.
I plowed through this one in two sittings and found it well worth my time.
Reminiscent of a less scatological version of the narrator from Chad Kultgen's Average American Male, matter-of-fact and very much a product of suburban malaise, the narrative voice of The Dying Horse might take a little getting used to, but becomes the novella's biggest asset.
I plowed through this one in two sittings and found it well worth my time.
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