Of Dark and Yesterday

by Michael T. Huyck Jr.

OF DARK AND YESTERDAY mines the dark fiction tropes, from personal ghosts and personal demons to variants of art. The thirteen stories weigh in at an average of 4900 words apiece and span fifteen years of publication, with this collection being the first publication of the stories "Club Hose", "About Wishing Wells", and "Anything Found Me". The past plays at least a minor character in most stories and darkness is everywhere. While all the stories rightfully belong to the weird fiction genre, each goes somewhere different. If you like mainstream horror, there's "Quincunx" and for sexy horror, there's "Effigies". If you prefer something Lovecraftian, there's "Grandfather's Faces", and for those of you who like the taste of blood, there's "Deep Dawn's Jongleur". This collection has all flavors.Michael T. Huyck, Jr., aka Mikey, is an editor and writer who's published fiction and non­fiction in dozens of publications. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with sundry critters and his wonderful family. He likes cheese and beer, but preferably not in the same glass. At least not at the same time.Stories included in this HoseGrandfather's FacesBad of HeartSon of a Son of a SailorArtist's ColonyAbout Wishing WellsDeep Dawn's JongleurHarvesting SorrowEffigiesEl CuraIndeterminate MousetrapsQuincunxAnything Found Me

199 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 12, 2015

Reviews

[Jess McCoy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written by an author I know personally. Dark and moody.

[K]

I love this author - literally! He's my husband. And it is for this reason that I am not going to do my traditional kind of review, lest I be accused of showing partiality. I will however say that my favorite story was Harvesting Sorrow, not because of the subject matter but because of the emotion in the story. And my least favorite story was Grandfather's Faces, because it was full of description and I'm not fond of overly descriptive books.

Even though I've read most of these stories as they were being written (and often times I was their first proofreader), there was something really thrilling about reading them on my Nook and knowing that I was reading a book MY HUSBAND WROTE! He's been published in magazines and anthologies before, but this is the first book that is his alone, and I'm extremely proud of him. Sorry for gushing, but I did start by telling you I love him!