Overcast by T. Reilly

Overcast by T. Reilly is a unique collection with a bird's eye view of human nature. Spanning multiple genres and covering a wide range of places, people, and times, this is a book that is not to be missed.

This collection of short stories by T. Reilly, pays homage to a multitude of different genres such as sci fi, horror, dark fantasy, dark fiction and contemporary. You will travel through a surreal forest, meet creatures of the night, come across an obsessive compulsive hit man. You'll time travel, go skateboarding, attend an odd funeral and meet an aging super hero. T. Reilly leaves no stone, I mean, genre, unturned.

I really enjoyed Overcast! It shows that Reilly has not only a gift at writing horror, but writing in general! The stories were very detailed and had depth. Each story was told with a glint of humanity in each. Though all of the stories are very different, the book flowed fairly smoothly, as Reilly jumped from one topic to another. You quickly realize, just because the last story was contemporary, you have no idea what the next story will bring.

However, there were a few stories that I had a some slight issues with which altered my rating from 5 to 4. I didn't understand the point of the aging superhero story. I will leave it at that as to remain spoiler free, but I just didn't get it. Secondly, “Voodoo Apple”. This story was insistently repetitive. The apple “biting” and “chewing” was WAY overdone. We definitely get that it was obnoxious. It didn't need to be to the point where the story almost loses itself in it.

Overcast, for the most part, is full of compelling stories, each one different than the last. I loved being kept on my toes! No story was the same as the one before, or the one after. The wide range of characterizations and plots covering almost every genre, makes this a book that will have something for everyone!