Gerry’s single status is also a concern and gradually through flashback and switching perspectives, we learn all is not right in this little community.Ĭaselberg’s prose is initially quite thick with exposition, something of a surprise for a seventy-five-page novella. As he’s settling in, a strange wind springs up, causing concern amongst the locals. Gerry has recently moved to the isolated village of Abbotsford to become the town’s vet. There are shades of Mythago Wood and The Wickerman in Caselberg’s story. The Wind by Jay Caselberg launches straight into the kind of folk horror/ weird fiction premise that seems to emerge from a particular sense of British society. Instead I finished the book knowing I had been entertained and I was left with a feeling of wanting to know more.Newcon Press’ second novella series is a beautiful collection of four books.
Any longer, and frustration would have set in. I enjoyed reading Sunset, and although I would have liked it to be longer I believe the author knew better than I. Keeping the reader interested in this way is a difficult thing for an author to do but Jay Caselberg has achieved this with a touch of finesse.
Only at the end does the author reveal the full details of the story. The author has written of the dangers and unease confronting the people of Benefis but kept the solution hidden. This is Max's version of the story of what the couple do and how they and the other colonists cope with the aftermath. All is not well with the babies despite being genetically correct, they do not appear to be human.ĭespite their unease, the colonists accept the children as their own, until one couple decide they cannot cope and take matters into their own hands. The settlement has survived for twenty years and seems to be thriving until the next generation is born. Max and Sondra are part of a colony on the planet Benefis. A different world, a different time, and a colony left to sink or swim on a planet with hidden dangers.
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