The Word Cloud

A man can control anything living with the power of his words--the ending for that short-story is dementedly unhinged and one of the most unexpected twists in the whole book. The book I'm referring to is ZOO by Otsuichi--an interesting collection of short-stories covering a range of genre and a range of super surprise twist endings. Nothing failed to take me by surprise and I won't say what twist and turns to come from each tale, but one that was "HOLY SHIT I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN A MILLION YEARS!" some were like that and others made me look over my thoughts from reading it--one tale made you think it was super-natural until it was revealed it was something else.

I really couldn't get enough of the twists coming thick and fast with each short-story I read, though they didn't all carry a twist at the end, but I didn't care after enjoying the ones that weren't making me exclaim "HOLY SHIT I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN A MILLION YEARS!" Anything that can make those words a reality means it's awesome or I don't try to think of what could it be--though I rather not think of the possbilities. That would destroy the fun of being punched in the face by the fist of Japanese horror.

To anyone interested the book is called Zoo (as mentioned) and written by Otsuichi