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Rusting Chickens
Rob McKenna knew all about pain and suffering. As a member of a top secret black ops mission deep inside Pakistan, his Marine Force Recon Unit had a close up and personal tour of Hell on Earth and the horrors that men are capable of doing to one another. When he returned back stateside to Napa, California, Rob was a shadow of his former self, a broken young man left clinging to the tattered fragments of his marriage, his memory, and the rapid decline of his physical and mental health.
Coming back from the war was supposed to be the end of Rob's misery, the start of his new life, but unfortunately Hell had followed him home and the horror and pain had only just begun. Waiting for him where he least expected.
Coming back from the war was supposed to be the end of Rob's misery, the start of his new life, but unfortunately Hell had followed him home and the horror and pain had only just begun. Waiting for him where he least expected.
- GenresHorror
97 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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February 21, 2015
Read in 2011.
This is copy 19 of 125 signed numbered copies.
This is copy 19 of 125 signed numbered copies.
October 20, 2012
REVIEWED: Rusting Chickens
WRITTEN BY: Gene O'Neill
PUBLISHED: 2011
I read this Gene O'Neill novella right after reading his novel, "The Burden of Indigo," and, had I not known better, would not have known they were written by the same author. That's a good thing. I've read O'Neill's shorter stories as well, and he has a talent for writing in compelling voices that are each unique to the tale being told. In this, a wounded war veteran returns home and questions his sanity as he tries to find his place in civilian life. Tragic, yet also touching, "Rusting Chickens" creates a believable and rounded protagonist centered in a grim mystery.
Four and a Half out of Five stars
WRITTEN BY: Gene O'Neill
PUBLISHED: 2011
I read this Gene O'Neill novella right after reading his novel, "The Burden of Indigo," and, had I not known better, would not have known they were written by the same author. That's a good thing. I've read O'Neill's shorter stories as well, and he has a talent for writing in compelling voices that are each unique to the tale being told. In this, a wounded war veteran returns home and questions his sanity as he tries to find his place in civilian life. Tragic, yet also touching, "Rusting Chickens" creates a believable and rounded protagonist centered in a grim mystery.
Four and a Half out of Five stars
July 14, 2012
This novella wasn't what I expected, and that's what was so great about it. The story was well written with past action sequences blended with the present-day. A wounded veteran comes back from the war and has a hard time separating what's real and what's not. In the end, it is a very heartfelt love story.
June 16, 2012
Thoroughly enjoyed this one, as I always do with anything Gene O'Neill. It was a nice quick, intense read. Think Twilight Zone meets a modern version of "Coming Home." The ending is both unsettling and uplifting.
March 23, 2012
A man comes back from a dangerous mission in the mid-East and fears he is losing his mind. Great story.
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