My Experience with Kitchen Sink by Spencer Hamilton

I don’t read a lot of short stories, but now and then it’s nice to switch to a different writing form in order to cleanse your palette from what you normally enjoy. It stretches the imagination and keeps you curious. So when one of my editors released a collection of short stories called Kitchen Sink, I thought this was the perfect opportunity for me to break with my usual patterns and try something fresh.

Likely titled as a play on the phrase “everything but the kitchen sink,” Hamilton’s short story collection has tremendous range. Horror, fantasy, and Sci-Fi are all touched between its covers, and most of them bring experimental twists that are most welcome. This creates a jelly bean experience that keeps you guess what flavor is coming next.

Now that we’re into the season of fear, this is the perfect collection of shorts for fans of fantasy that want to ease into something that touches on the fantastic while having its roots deeply planted in horror. Also Stephen King fans. This is for you too.