Genre:
Short Story/ Fantasy/ Young Adult/ Occult
Description:
“Oh, you
know about the Bogeyman. That old mythical character used to frighten
wayward children. What if there's something you already know? That
the Bogeyman isn't really a man. What if there's something you might
not know? Like Ole Bogey is real and has cosmic aspirations and is
interested in a whole lot more than just saying 'Boo!'”
Author:
From James
Womack’s author page on Amazon: “I'm a deaf person who likes to
write stories. Actually, I prefer telling stories in American Sign
Language (ASL) but not everyone understands it. For me, storytelling
is storytelling so writing stories gives me much pleasure. My hope is
readers get pleasure from what I've written. I'm not focused on any
specific genre so my stories range from science fiction to religious
based stories. I hold a bachelor degree from Gallaudet University and
a Masters degree from California State University of Northridge. I
used to teach Deaf high school students before teaching college
students full time in the last two decades of my career. I'm married
to a really cool woman who was also my Gallaudet University classmate
during my time there. My non-writing activities include cooking,
fishing, playing with my youngest grandkids, and experimenting with
applying computer software to educational purposes.”
Appraisal:
If you
thought the Bogeyman was scary before, wait till you read Mr.
Womack’s interpretation! I’ll begin my review with what Mr.
Womack states in his afterword:
It’s
not intended to advocate any religious body’s point of view.
Certainly it contains a lot of my own biased perceptions but isn’t
meant to advocate any doctrine. It’s a story, a work of fiction.
Anyone is free to enjoy, dislike, even mock or discard it.
Needless to
say, Mr. Womack has gone back to the beginning of time and rewritten
from Lucifer’s — ‘Morning Star’ or ‘Light Bearer’ — own
point-of-view in a convincing fashion. Can you imagine the weight,
with names like that, Lucifer carried on his shoulders? Being one of
God’s favorites, a lot of responsibilities were directed towards
Lucifer. At times I had to agree with the twisted logic that Lucifer
began to believe in this tale.
Each
chapter begins with a portion of a cited passage from the Bible,
which lends a little bit of the credibility towards the author’s
vision. Since this is a work of fiction I didn’t check out the
quotes. They were there to solely move the tale along and worked to
weave the story together. I will tell you Mr. Womack’s vision gave
me the creeps because this could be how the ‘Morning Star’ lost
his way…
FYI:
May or may
not offend some readers' religious sensibilities.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Too few to
mention.
Rating:
**** Four Stars
Reviewed
by: ?wazithinkin
Approximate
word count: 9- 10,000 words
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