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Monday, November 12, 2018

Connecting The Dots

Doctor Wolfstone’s client seems harmless enough. She’s a librarian by occupation and rather plain in appearance. But what’s in her is not so plain, and it’s not harmless. Worst of all, it likes to come out once a year and hunt its prey.

Sinister Seductress by Joshua Scribner is lengthier than the previous installments of Doctor Wolfstone's Clinic, and more is revealed about the entity troubling his current patient. However, the author still keeps the doctor shrouded in mystery. There is also a noticeable pattern of each story building on the previous one, so the stories do need to be read in a certain order.

I recommend reading each installment based on the date of publication: Unnamed Water Demon, Night Whispers, Hungry and this one. Normally, I love Scribner's in-the-moment style of writing, but that only works for flash fiction. If the author is moving into a mini-series or simply writing longer stories, there needs to be more character development.

For this series to reach its full potential, readers deserve to know more about the doctor.

As always,
AstraDaemon

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