Dan Watters

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Lenni Reviews: “The Twilight Zone: Stories from the Fifth Dimension” by Dan Watters, Morgan Beem, Tom Scioli, James Stokoe & Nate Powell

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*This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review.

This anthology is a collection of 5 stories:

  • Blanks: Billionare Edward Kane is dying and uses his money to find a way to be immortal
  • World of Your Wildest Dreams: Arlo Chapel is an officer on a ship looking for alien life
  • The Relic: A warlord captures a village that worships a mysterious god
  • False Bottom: A family goes to a cabin for the weekend and find a mysterious pit
  • Silent Warning: A meteor lands in the ocean and acoustics expert Dr Emily Sorensen is called to investigate

These stories are ok. The weakest story is the second one, the last feels kinda dated – a bunch of men not listening to a woman scientist – but overall, this all has the tone of The Twilight Zone, even if it can be predictable. But, I just don’t feel that sinking feeling in my chest that I’d hoped for. You know, that sense of dread that follows you even after your done reading? That. 3 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Home Sick Pilots, Vol. 1: Teenage Haunts” by Dan Watters, Caspar Wijngaard, Aditya Bidikar & Tom Muller

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Ami and her friends have their own band called ‘Home Sick Pilots’ and in 1994 California, have dreams of getting out of their town to make it big. One night while hanging out, Ami gets the idea to play a gig at the local haunted house and they go to check it out only for Ami to disappear.

This has some cool concepts with the haunted house and the ghosts and how it all functions but it all feels disjointed and crazy. I don’t know if that was deliberate but, I found myself saying “Wait, what?” often. I like the art and the story is cool overall but it’s lacking something to really hook me. Not a bad read though. 3.2 out of 5.

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Lenni Reviews: “Lucifer Vol. 1: The Infernal Comedy” by Dan Watters, Max Fiumara, Sebastian Fiumara

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With the Dreaming broken and the Dream King missing, the son of Lucifer begins some dastardly plans. Lucifer himself is now a blind old man who must hunt down his own son to save the world. Meanwhile, a police officer John Decker finds something strange is going on in his recovery group.

I want to say this one is as cool as the first two I’ve read but I found this one to be the most confusing so far. The story has to jump between Lucifer trying to track down the mother of his son to whatever the heck Decker is going through with the demons haunting his friends. I liked it but not as much of the others. 3.8 out of 5.