Waiting Out Winter reminded me of Shute's "On the Beach" which is a masterpiece (perhaps THE masterpiece?) of the quiet apocalypse. As the afterward points out (in chilling fashion), our lives do indeed hang on threads that can be severed when we play with science like a child with a toy. Entirely plausible. Chillingly realistic.

My only complaint is that I feel that this book only touched on areas that could have been explored, and ended a bit too quickly. ( )

A few years ago we had an invasion of caterpillars that was so bad we would be driving over a carpet of them to get into our garage. Seriously, our blacktop was a moving wave of caterpillars. It freaks me out to this day, but hey-at least they didn't fly. Just think about how hard it is to avoid flies.

WAITING OUT WINTER is about an invasion of killer flies; a government experiment gone wrong, (don't they always?) However this isn't your average romping, chomping creature feature. This is a quiet little horror story, taking place during an apocalypse, but focused on the disaster from a small town and family point of view. It's not gory, but it is poignant, sad and scary.

This was a short, entertaining story and only my second from Kelli Owen. I recommend it and I will be on to the second novella shortly!

You can get a copy here: https://amzn.to/2IhDEJZ

*I bought this book with my hard earned cash and Kelli Owen was kind enough to sign it for me. Thank you, Kelli!* ( )