The author could have used a good editor, which would have improved his writing immensely (way too much overuse of 'a curse word' which Amazon won't let me reference, even by using asterisks in place of letters). Reminiscent of 'Night of the Living Dead' (the movie), but with clown monsters of varying shape. Essentially similar to zombies or werewolves (but, clowns) on the loose - a night is described that pits normal folks against these 'demons', taking place mostly in a small-town bar. This causes some inhabitants to morph into killer clown/monsters for that night. Not particularly well-written, but an interesting idea) A rare 'clown moon' occurs in a small town. An interesting take on issues of the day (and incorporating clown zombies), with some humor thrown in.ģ) 'Under a Clown Moon' by Jim Goforth. All color has been banished from people's lives and grays are the norm - so as to not make anyone think you have the clown disease (which involves a very colorful transformation). Well-written, and another good attention-grabbing first sentence.) A Clown Disease is rampant in the land, spread similarly to other sexually transmitted diseases - only, no known cure. An 'average Joe' is forcibly kidnapped and inducted into a religious clown cult. The first sentence grabs your attention, and the writing continues in this fashion. (I give a grade of 'B', maybe even a 'B+'. Three are good, two are decent:ġ) 'The Church of the Divine Greasepaint' by Michael Fisher. I found only five short stories that were worth reading in this anthology.

Maybe if the best of both volumes was collected into one volume there might be a descent collection of short stories - I don't know.

I know that there is a second volume published now (haven't read it). But, far too few for me to recommend this collection. This collection of 18 pieces (one is a poem, one is an essay, the rest are short stories) is mostly of poor quality.

Floppy Shoes Apocalypse by John Ledger