Title: Still Life
Author: Ken Lillie-Paetz
In: Blood Lite III (Kevin J. Anderson)
Rating Out of 5: 4 (Really good read!)
My Bookshelves: Easy reading, Horror
Pace: Fast
Format: Short story
Publisher: Gallery Books
Year: 2012
5th sentence, 74th page: The first layer had dissolved beneath, allowing both layers to come to life in terms of tone and color.

This short story gives a whole new definition to the term still life painting.

This is an incredibly short story. And when I started reading it, I was wondering what part of painting an apple would make it part of a blood thirsty collection. When I figured it out, I was honestly a little grossed out and freaked. Which is why I gave it a slightly higher rating than I probably would have normally… it surprised me and made me feel weird.

Actually, it made me feel so weird that I can’t really find many more words to say…

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