![]() When I first saw him, I didn’t think he was dead. Suffocated in an abandoned refrigerator left in a vacant lot. The story quickly becomes a horrific tale of loss: Through their conversation, the second woman learns it’s the first woman’s birthday. Eventually another woman enters the bakery, remarks how strange it is that no one is there, and sits to chat with the first woman. ![]() It’s open, but no one is attending the woman. Strangely, the bakery, which usually has a line going out into the street, is empty. The first story, and for me one of the most disturbing, is “Afternoon at the Bakery.” A woman goes into a bakery to purchase some treat to celebrate her son’s birthday. While each story stands on its own, a large part of the enjoyment is finding out how the stories’ characters and themes come together. Presented as “Eleven Dark Tales,” Revenge is a collection of short stories, of sorts, but in truth they begin to refer to one another in strange ways, finally coming together toward the end. ![]()
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