Book Review: "The Sea Was a Fair Master" by Calvin Demmer

I read What is Love? by Calvin Demmer some days ago, but I think the author surpasses that previous work with The Sea Was a Fair Master.

These 23 stories are very different from one another, something that makes you feel that they were written by different authors, and I believe that's precisely the wonder of this book. I've been told lately that writers need to find their own voice, that they need to stand out from the others, and it's true, it's how they get recognized at the end; again, while Demmer's stories seem to be written by different people, because of the variety of themes, I think that he clearly leaves his signature in the dark or unexpected paths his characters take and in the way he satisfactorily ends each story.

This is a horror compilation and you can read how such horror teams up with suspense, darkness, and love. You can read about an android in one moment, about a proud trash collector or about kids that aren't angelic in the other. If you need a quick and exciting reading where you can feel your heart racing and your jaw clenching with excitement, then this is the book for you. I'm sure you are going to find at least a couple of tales that are going to stick with you for a long time.

I could read this book thanks to the author.

CALVIN DEMMER is the author of The Sea Was a Fair Master and The Town That Feared Dusk. When not writing, he is intrigued by that which goes bump in the night and the sciences of our universe.