by Richard Matheson
Button, Button: Uncanny Stories (2008)
* * * (Good) Supernatural
A mysterious German arrives in town looking for the young mute boy who survived the house fire that killed his parents.
The story seemed overly long for what little detail it paid to the point of the piece. The idea of raising a child to communicate telepathically is interesting enough that it might be able to sustain a story of 40 pages length; however, this story only hints at the idea for 30+ pages, cramming the “good stuff” into only few measly pages. This seems to be the pattern of the past few days: cool concept, mediocre execution.
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