{"id":9363,"date":"2017-02-02T08:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T13:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=9363"},"modified":"2017-01-30T22:42:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T03:42:27","slug":"review-greetings-moon-hill-rapino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-greetings-moon-hill-rapino\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#8216;Greetings from Moon Hill&#8217; by Anthony J. Rapino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Greetings-Moon-Hill-Anthony-Rapino-ebook\/dp\/B01LZYBOU0\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1484535244&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=greetings+from+moon+hill\" target=\"_blank\"><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9366\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-greetings-moon-hill-rapino\/greetings\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Greetings.jpg?fit=345%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"345,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Greetings\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Greetings.jpg?fit=345%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-9366\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Greetings.jpg?resize=242%2C350&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Greetings.jpg?resize=242%2C350&amp;ssl=1 242w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Greetings.jpg?w=345&amp;ssl=1 345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 85vw, 242px\" \/>Greetings from Moon Hill\u00a0<\/em>by Anthony J. Rapino<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Precipice Books\u00a0(October 2016)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>300\u00a0pages; $3.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankMErrington\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Michaels Errington<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wanted to love <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greetings from Moon Hill<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and I can&#8217;t quite put a finger on what went wrong. Conceptually, it&#8217;s a great idea. A small town &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tucked into the folds of the Pennsylvania countryside.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; A place of &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unseen things that are all around us. Impossible flowers, witches, interdimensional beings, murder cover-ups<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; and more. These are all things I love, so what went wrong?<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once I finished the book and checked the copyright, I discovered the stories were written over the last decade. This could very well account for the disconnect I felt and the seeming unevenness between some of the stories. Ten years is a long time and I&#8217;m sure the writer has honed his skills significantly over that time. Some of the stories felt incomplete yet others were as good as anything I&#8217;ve read this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was nearly 20% into the collection before finding a story I found satisfying on all levels. \u201cCamera Obscura\u201d is about a junior high science fair leading to an obsession with one student&#8217;s project. That and a bit of a drinking problem lead to some interesting results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Others winners in the collection included \u201cFrom Your Body They Rise,\u201d \u201cMorning Espresso at the Church of Me,\u201d and \u201cLoosely Enforced Rules,\u201d the latter about an unorthodox gang of miscreants, with plenty of gore, and it took a stand on how french fries should be prepared (I couldn&#8217;t agree more).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNo Touching at All\u201d was very clever and \u201cStruck by Golden Lightning\u201d introduced us to Ewan, a wonderfully complex character who would show up occasionally throughout the collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cJust Once More, Little Sister\u201d was a truly demented story and one of my favorites, as was \u201cA Very Large Bird.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you can see, there are some gems in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greetings From Moon Hill<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, just not enough for me to fully recommend.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings from Moon Hill\u00a0by Anthony J. Rapino Precipice Books\u00a0(October 2016) 300\u00a0pages; $3.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Frank Michaels Errington I wanted to love Greetings from Moon Hill and I can&#8217;t quite put a finger on what went wrong. Conceptually, it&#8217;s a great idea. A small town &#8220;tucked into the folds of the Pennsylvania countryside.&#8221; A place of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-greetings-moon-hill-rapino\/\" class=\"more-link button bg-gold white\">Continue Reading!<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Review: &#8216;Greetings from Moon Hill&#8217; by Anthony J. 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