Kitchen Sink
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $4.99
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Publisher Description
An explosive collection spanning Spencer Hamilton's entire career as a storyteller, KITCHEN SINK features stories of literary horror that will unsettle your very core.
Inside you will find a splash of something for everyone: a Kafkaesque creature, Frankenstein's Law, a team of time-travelers, a mysterious land of giants and talking cats, a man down on his luck at Christmas, an autopsy gone wrong, a dusty pool table shop that's more than it seems, whispers from a kitchen sink's drain . . .
Stories of ghosts and of depression, of loss and of fear, of blood and the things we do to one another. Hamilton's gift for writing compelling characters and visceral details will give you glimpses into our nature as human beings and creatures of story. With each turn of the page, Hamilton explores our own perceptions—of ourselves, of our memories, and of each other.
Twenty-seven pieces from one person's story, collected here for the first time.
Customer Reviews
Excellent Debut
📕Spoiler Free Book Review📕
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Kitchen Sink by Spencer Hamilton ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (3.5 rounded up)
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Short story collections are one of my favorite things to read, and the most difficult for me to review, but I’ll try my best. The stories included here vary in length, subject, and in the emotions they evoke. In other words, there’s a little something for everyone here.
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I didn’t love every story here, but that’s not what I look for in a collection like this. If I enjoy more than half, then I consider it a good book I’d recommend and I’d definitely recommend this one. Some stories made me chuckle, others made me sad, and a few made my skin crawl in the best possible way. Almost every one made me think and that’s what I enjoy most of all.
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There were times I felt like the writer was trying to find his way, not surprising since these stories were written over a span of 13 years with the earliest at age 17. While I don’t know the order the material was written in, I could see growth and improvement in some stories that I would guess were written more recently, and I liked some aspects of both.
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Some of the stories that I enjoyed the most were Hive, The Diary, The Wormhole in Edwin’s Cubicle, Happy Hour, Joe Builds a Sunset, Houdini’s Last Halloween, and The Dreams of Alexis Wild.
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Spencer’s debut horror novel, The Fear, comes out on 8/11/20 and after reading this, I can’t wait to add it to my shelves!