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(More customer reviews)I downloaded the sample of this Kindle Edition before purchasing the whole thing, and I read over an okay -- if not great -- story about a sailor who has been abducted by aliens out for a prank. I got the rest of the book, only to find that the quality dropped precipitously after that first story. After that initial tale, we get weak writing, clunky exposition, strained dialogue and infantile situations over and over again. The Christmas novella "North Pole Lost," is a painful attempt at a World War II allegory. The Easter story... to call it weak is an understatement. It's a silly, poor effort at a courtroom "drama." The formatting is totally off as well, with lines that all run together, whole segments with a carriage return after every line, and chapter headings that leave big gaps after the first letter. If that wasn't bad enough, the book is full of grammatical and punctuation errors. The only thing this book has going for it are a couple of good ideas -- the aforementioned sailor story and a decent twist on the Thanksgiving tale (although again, the execution kills it). If ever there was a book in need of an editor, this is it. Pass.
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Strange. Disturbing. Bizarre even. That is the world through William H. Cooke's eyes. And he shares his decidedly different vision of culture and politics in these four short stories and two novelettes. From a zombie family Thanksgiving, through Santa's failing holy war on the Leprechauns, to the inquest into the death of the Easter Bunny lead by a disillusioned, dope-smoking cat prosecutor named Edgar, the author presents a disturbing world set against the horror that is the holidays. Curl up with your back against the wall and visit the world of North Pole Lost and Other Holiday Stories.
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