Title: Firecracker KingsAuthor: Patrick C. Harrison III
Series: Pocket Nasties #3
First Published: July 23, 2023
Publisher: Self-Published
Pages: 47
Genre: Coming of Age, Horror, Short Stories
Format: Ebook
Source: Kindle Unlimited
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Synopsis:
On a hot day in late June, four boys head out into the pasture with a bag a firecrackers. If and when they return, their innocence will be left behind amongst a flurry of exploded Black Cats . . . and blood.
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Firecracker Kings is a coming of age horror short about a group of boys that head off into fields to shoot off some fireworks. Unsupervised preteens and fireworks are already a recipe for disaster. Despite the book being set in the modern age of video games and TikTok, the story maintained an old school feel with boys being boys getting up to no good.
I thought I knew what I was getting into with Firecracker Kings based on the cover but boy was I underestimated where this story would go. The story takes an unexpected turn that I didn’t seem coming that made my jaw drop. I enjoyed the story up until the epilogue, which left me feeling mixed, but I can see it being the cherry on top for some readers. The story delivers on the premise in spades and definitely earns the pocket nasty title.
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“Only then, looking into the wild eyes of his father, did Danny realize he was in serious trouble.”
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About Patrick C. Harrison III
Patrick C. Harrison III (PC3, if you prefer) is an author of horror, splatterpunk, and all forms of speculative fiction. His current publications include GRANDPAPPY, A SAVAGE BREED, VAMPIRE NUNS BEHIND BARS, 5 TALES THAT WILL LAND YOU IN HELL, among others, and his works can be found in numerous anthologies, including AND HELL FOLLOWED and ROAD KILL: TEXAS HORROR BY TEXAS AUTHORS VOL. 4.
PC3 is the Splatterpunk Award-winning editor (with Jarod Barbee) of AND HELL FOLLOWED, and has edited several other anthologies. He is a freelance editor, having done work for notable authors like Aron Beauregard, Daniel J. Volpe, Mark Towse, Rebecca Rowland, and many others.
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