Kris Dikeman

A killer robot goes on a rampage on an airship…. or something. Honestly, I had a hard time paying attention to the (very short) story itself, because I spent the whole time trying to decide if the narrator's was affecting a speech impediment (de-rhotacism) for the sake of the story (and if so, why?), or if that is just the way he talks?

Vocabulary words are terrifying - but some are more terrifying than others. Somehow you don't expect stories that are relying on Lovecraftian-style horror to be cute, but this one pulls it off.

A story of meeting the devil at the crossroads – the Dark Man will appear after waiting for nine Sundays, but for those nine Sundays, he sends his dog to watch over those that wait. I love a story with a good dog, and this one is narrated by a very interesting one. (You can’t really call a hellhound “good”, can you?) It didn’t end like I expected (or wanted) it to, but the ending managed to be quietly satisfying nevertheless.