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In her novella , American writer and academic M.L. Rio brings together a group of quirky (perhaps too much so) characters and follows their activities over one night.
There’s a bartender, a college newspaper editor, a ride-share driver, a hotel clerk and a church caretaker — all work the night shift, and for some unclear reason gather on the grounds of a college cemetery. Strange and spooky things are happening, as the group discovers an empty grave, which is soon filled with some dead creatures. The game is afoot.
.. sort of.
The narrative is clocked through the night with a time stamp, and each chapter told from a different character’s perspective. Graveyard Shift There’s some lovely writing, and at times the atmosphere is gothic and sublime. Passages such as “The breeze through the dead oak leave, the occasional uncanny twitter of the screech owl that lived in the tree trunk.
..” set the stage well.
If this all sounds a bit confusing, that’s because it is. The shadowy figure, who the group assumes is a.
