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''Roses in December'' is a collection of twenty-two short stories. And when I say short, I mean ''short'', with each just a few pages long and some brushing the flash fiction genre, such is the brevity. I think the shorter the story, the harder it is to write and the more difficult the task of engaging, then satisfying, the reader. So it is to the immense credit of Matthew de Lacey Davidson that I sighed in appreciation many times while reading. He has a good sense of which moments of the human experience to capture in order to make the point he wants to make. Some highlights:
Recommended.
If you are a fan of short stories with a macabre undertone, you might also enjoy [[Letters to Lovecraft : Eighteen Whispers to the Darkness by Jesse Bullington (editor)]]. We also enjoyed [[Strange Weather by Joe Hill]] - four novellas linked by the theme of cataclysmic weatherand [[http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/Super_Short_Stories:_Flash_Fiction_by_Mark_C_Wallfisch]].
You can read more about Matthew de Lacey Davidson [[:Category:Matthew de Lacey Davidson|here]].