Saturday, December 08, 2018

Starr Creek by Nathan Carson


(pb; 2016: novella)

From the back cover

“. . .Set in 1986 rural Oregon, Starr Creek features heavy metal teens, Christian biker gangs, and hopped-up kids on three-wheeled ATVs. They all collide when strange occurrences unveil an alien world inhabiting the Oregon woods.”


Review

Starr Creek is a fun, fast and solid read. It is a heady mix of sketched-out characters, Satanism, biker violence, strange aliens, heavy metal, street drugs and Oregon-style weirdness. Other reviewers have mentioned how the writing─especially the climactic ending─feels a bit rushed. I can see why they might feel that way, but I was okay with it. Given the swiftness of the events, the ending still works, as does this novella. Above-average and worth owning, this.

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