Rowe’s work.A Visit with Michael Rowe Interview by Jeffrey Luscombe Chizine continues to remain one of my favorite (if not my favorite) publishers of quality horror fiction. So if you are a fan of McDowell I suggest you pick up Wild Fell. I do not think it would be unreasonable to compare the writing in Wild Fell to that of my favorite writer of ghost stories, the great Michael McDowell.
I love and have read a ton of ghost stories in my day and Wild Fell will be high up on my list of recommendations. As I mentioned before I took in most of this book via audiobook and it is read well by the narrator, but the way this story is written it will be easy to follow no matter the mechanism of intake. If you are a fan of ghost and haunted house stories then please pick up Wild Fell in one form or another. Despite the underlying creepiness of the narrative the story still explores the topics of love and family in a delicate and nuanced manner. I did like the ending, I don’t want to give it away but I will say it is an eerie and disturbing one. I was captivated the entire time by the story and honestly, it was over before I knew it.
Again, Wild Fell stands out from these due to the quality of Rowe’s writing and the darkness it conveys.
After that, the story becomes a coming of age story you may find in a King book or other ghost stories. The novel opens with a superbly executed prologue that introduces us to the haunted nature of Blackmore island and what it is capable of. Both books I have read by Rowe contain classic tropes (Vampires/Ghosts) but still manage to remain compelling and original thanks to the author’s skilled prose and refined character development. This is my second Rowe novel and I am comfortable saying the author is a gifted storyteller.
Right off the bat, I want to say Wild Fell is a great novel that is about as straight forward of a haunted house/ghost story you can get. I completed Wild Fell by mostly listening to the audiobook and a little by reading a hard copy.
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