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A review by trisha_thomas
Your House Is on Fire, Your Children All Gone by Stefan Kiesbye
3.0
"Here," he said. "You can look directly into hell." He pulled the large black cloth off the barrel and had me look inside. "It sits right above hell's entrance," Rico said. "Hell's entrance is in Hemmersmoor."
This was a very odd collection - stories from children as they start as children and end as adults and they tell of things that happened in town. But each chapter read more like an Urban Legend than an actual chapter in their lives. Things that seem so simple or average, like talking back or being smart with parents, is met with horrible beatings and death. There is more blood and gore brought by the children than the parents but both are at fault for the pain in the stories. It's a dark look at people and an old town living on it's own in the far rural area. They are definitely odd stories but a few will definitely stay with me.
This was a very odd collection - stories from children as they start as children and end as adults and they tell of things that happened in town. But each chapter read more like an Urban Legend than an actual chapter in their lives. Things that seem so simple or average, like talking back or being smart with parents, is met with horrible beatings and death. There is more blood and gore brought by the children than the parents but both are at fault for the pain in the stories. It's a dark look at people and an old town living on it's own in the far rural area. They are definitely odd stories but a few will definitely stay with me.