A review by thaatswhatsheread
The End in All Beginnings by John F.D. Taff

4.0

This was the first book I read by John F.D. Taff, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it. The End in All Beginnings is a collection of five novellas, each of them, playing with a different genre. I personally loved What Becomes God and Love in the Time of Zombies. What Becomes God starts out as a poignant story about a boy with a rough home life dealing with the imminent death of his best friend and becomes a horror story. Love in the Time of Zombies is a bit more comedic, dealing with falling in love during a zombie outbreak. Object Permanence was another story that seemed like it could've been a Twilight Zone episode. It's about a town that's being held ransom by a woman with the power to keep everyone stuck the way she wants to remember them. Taff was able to craft stories that not only had layers and depth, but were also readable.