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With more short yarns than you can shake a moderately-sized stick at, Filmic Cuts returns with volume 4 - Title Pending. From the man who brought you Kirk Sandblaster, Station 17 and Strange Days in High Wycombe comes 12 more stories that will make you shiver, make you shake (with laughter) and make you sashay. If stories make you dance, that is...
They include:
Dear Elsa - a man writes to his wife about his Kafka-esque frustration at an airport
The Ballad of Burt "Thundercock" Jones - a jaunty rhyme about a well-endowed fellow
Eye For An Eye - A tale of western vengeance as a farmer confronts his daughters murderer
Meanwhile, Across the Sea - a young man is the only one to respond with fear to a potential zombie apocalypse in the US
Circle Line - a stranger observes the strange rituals of the London Undergrounds Circle Line
Dinosaur - playing his favourite game, a man goes to find new friends to join him
5% Remaining - faced with a dying phone, can our hero reach his lady in time for dinner?
Bonko - a clown reflects on his most disturbing moment
Don't Look - after they receive a dangerous prisoner, things go terribly wrong for a group of police officers during their night shift
The Creations of Dubar - a mad industrialist brings his brand of infamy to a small town
The Process - in this article, a journalist looks over the consequences of a controversial new approach to population control
Dear Stanley - in response to the first story, Elsa replies to her husband
They include:
Dear Elsa - a man writes to his wife about his Kafka-esque frustration at an airport
The Ballad of Burt "Thundercock" Jones - a jaunty rhyme about a well-endowed fellow
Eye For An Eye - A tale of western vengeance as a farmer confronts his daughters murderer
Meanwhile, Across the Sea - a young man is the only one to respond with fear to a potential zombie apocalypse in the US
Circle Line - a stranger observes the strange rituals of the London Undergrounds Circle Line
Dinosaur - playing his favourite game, a man goes to find new friends to join him
5% Remaining - faced with a dying phone, can our hero reach his lady in time for dinner?
Bonko - a clown reflects on his most disturbing moment
Don't Look - after they receive a dangerous prisoner, things go terribly wrong for a group of police officers during their night shift
The Creations of Dubar - a mad industrialist brings his brand of infamy to a small town
The Process - in this article, a journalist looks over the consequences of a controversial new approach to population control
Dear Stanley - in response to the first story, Elsa replies to her husband
142 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 23, 2014
About the author
Oli Jacobs
34 books20 followersOli Jacobs is a bearded chap who enjoys spinning a yarn or two. While now a hermit, he has been rumoured to be seen drinking beer and enjoying chicken in the wilds of Southampton. If seen, please approach gently as he has severe anxiety and may cry.
As well as Wilthaven, Oli has also wrote other Horror (The Children of Little Thwopping, The Station 17 Chronicles), Comedy (the Kirk Sandblaster series), Thriller (the Mr Blank series), and short stories (the Filmic Cuts series).
As always, he hopes you enjoy.
As well as Wilthaven, Oli has also wrote other Horror (The Children of Little Thwopping, The Station 17 Chronicles), Comedy (the Kirk Sandblaster series), Thriller (the Mr Blank series), and short stories (the Filmic Cuts series).
As always, he hopes you enjoy.
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July 4, 2019
As you’ll probably already be aware if you’ve seen some of my previous Oli Jacobs reviews, his Filmic Cuts books are basically short story collections, although it’s also true that there are occasionally poems interspersed as well, usually of the humorous variety.
Humour is the key feature that underlies the majority of Oli’s stuff, even when he’s getting dark and playing around with horror. You know what you’re getting when you read one of his books, which is why I keep on picking them up. I wouldn’t say that this one was his best, but neither was it his worst, and as with all short story collections there were some I enjoyed more than others.
Weirdly, I’ve read a few different Jacobs stories with zombies in them by now, and even though each of them takes the idea in different directions, they’ve all been pretty good. I hope he writes more.
Humour is the key feature that underlies the majority of Oli’s stuff, even when he’s getting dark and playing around with horror. You know what you’re getting when you read one of his books, which is why I keep on picking them up. I wouldn’t say that this one was his best, but neither was it his worst, and as with all short story collections there were some I enjoyed more than others.
Weirdly, I’ve read a few different Jacobs stories with zombies in them by now, and even though each of them takes the idea in different directions, they’ve all been pretty good. I hope he writes more.
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