The Macabre Tales of Young Edgar Review

Title: The Macabre Tales of Young Edgar
Authors: spacejunkie
Type: Original Fiction
Genre: Mystery, Horror, Fantasy
Rating: PG-13

Macabre. ma•ca•bre [muh-kah-bruh, -kahb, -kah-ber]. adjective
1. gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible.
2. of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, especially its grimmer or uglier aspect.
3. of or suggestive of the allegorical dance of death.

The Macabre Tales of Young Edgar is anything but ghastly, horrible, gruesome, or ugly. Reading this story is like being taken back to a time where the written word actually meant something. This is a time where stories were being published in the town’s paper every week—and every week, you eagerly waited for the next edition to come out. This is a time where stories were tremendous, marvelous adventures and anyone who read along was an explorer. It’s beautiful and I know I use that word to describe a lot of what I read and review but it’s truer than true for Young Edgar.

The characters are haunting, yet familiar. Young Edgar is a troubled boy with a mysterious past. The reader knows very little about him but there so much more to him than meets the eye. The story keeps you guessing along the way but the journey is worth it. Lord Edmund is a cheerful, yet squirrely, older man with a fascination with Edgar. In truth, he adores the stories that Edgar writes for him. Edgar’s hauntingly wondrous tales seem to be an obsession for Lord Edmund and it’s no wonder why: Edgar’s stories are beyond fascinating and glorious. They’re astonishing.

Spacejunkie has a keen eye for detail. Everything he describes, everything he explains, and everything he tells is so crisp and clear. It’s remarkable how he can describe an old, dark room because as soon as you read about it, you can smell the dust and the rot and you can feel the grime and abandonment of it all. He also gets into and out of character very easily. One chapter, he will be the omnipresent narrator, telling the story of two men and in the next, he is Edgar, telling his own story. It’s brilliant and so well done.

Young Edgar is different than any story I have reviewed on this site for so many reasons but one that sticks out amongst the others is the fact that this story is for sale. Spacejunkie has published his books on lulu.com and he has two more stories up for sale, as well. I love that he is taking an obvious passion of his and making a name for himself along the way. This story was so fascinating and intriguing; after reading it, I wouldn't mind owning a copy of my very own!