Description
"He spoke into the box … but then, the box spoke back.
Daniel Powell is ten years old when his sickly mother passes away. Her young death leaves Daniel with only his father too soon. Distraught, his father starts to fall apart. Daniel also is unable to let her go.
After the funeral, Daniel notices his father secretly talking to a large coffin-like box that has appeared underneath his bed. His father orders him not to enter his room.
Intrigued and confused by what it is doing there, Daniel cannot help but wonder what lies inside.
Then one day his father goes out. Daniel is left alone in the house with the mysterious box. He taps the box and the box taps back. When he scrapes his nails along it, he hears the same sound.
He convinces himself that it must be an echo. But when Daniel whispers to the box of his troubles, the box answers back...
It is a voice that he does not recognize, yet this voice knows so much.
Tim Lebbon’s The Reach of Children is a chilling horror tale, which will leave you spooked and moved in one sitting. "
Daniel Powell is ten years old when his sickly mother passes away. Her young death leaves Daniel with only his father too soon. Distraught, his father starts to fall apart. Daniel also is unable to let her go.
After the funeral, Daniel notices his father secretly talking to a large coffin-like box that has appeared underneath his bed. His father orders him not to enter his room.
Intrigued and confused by what it is doing there, Daniel cannot help but wonder what lies inside.
Then one day his father goes out. Daniel is left alone in the house with the mysterious box. He taps the box and the box taps back. When he scrapes his nails along it, he hears the same sound.
He convinces himself that it must be an echo. But when Daniel whispers to the box of his troubles, the box answers back...
It is a voice that he does not recognize, yet this voice knows so much.
Tim Lebbon’s The Reach of Children is a chilling horror tale, which will leave you spooked and moved in one sitting. "
From the description I was expecting a horror story, but that is not what I got.
Daniel Powell is a young boy who has recently lost his mom. He has watched her getting sicker and weaker but held on to hope as only a child can, that she may someday get well. Sadly that is not the case and she does not recover. Grief stricken Daniel is now left alone with his dad, who struggles to cope with the loss of his wife. He spends most times drinking and can offer very little comfort to poor Daniel who is lost without his mom. Enter mysterious coffin shaped box hiding under dad's bed and a creepy story about an old man who kept a girl in a box.. that Daniels mom had promised to tell him about when he was old enough.
This was a quick read at under 100 pages. It is more a story of grief than of horror, but was well written and held my interest. 4 out of 5 stars from me.
I received a complimentary copy for review
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