Happy Days, Sweetheart

by Adrean Messmer, Ellis Arcwolf, Shannon Iwanski

No one's getting out of this.

Modern fairy tales promise that villains will be punished and everyone else lives happily ever after. But in these pages, no one gets a happy ending.

The family next door, the ghosts from the past, schoolyard bullies, undead rockstars, and more find themselves on a desolate road with no way back. Fourteen tales of tragedy in a dark spectrum of genres, guaranteed to break your heart.

136 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published May 29, 2014

Reviews

[M.A. Chiappetta · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this and thought that overall, it is a solid collection of stories, some stronger than others. The writers as a whole show clear skills in keeping a story moving forward - they clearly know how to write - and I liked that. My favorite stories of the collection were Fireflies, We Are Golden, and Unraveling. These were the stories that I found the most powerful, unique, evocative, and cathartic of the bunch. The other stories were a mixed bag for me. Repelzul, for example, lacked a bit of clarity that I think, with just s small edit, could have helped the ending have more impact. Some of the plot events and character motivations in Good Morning, Mr C just didn't ring true to me. On the other hand, if you like short stories with dark elements, this short story collection fits the bill.