If you prefer your short stories on the dark and dangerous side, there is a great new book due out on Amazon today! Her Name is Mercie is a superb collection of contemporary noir, which slides seamlessly through genre boundaries into psychological horror and suspense, especially in the horrifying story, Libby’s Hands. There’s a very distinct writing style and some excellent prose in the other stories too, especially in the mythical and intriguing, Hunger and the taut and suspenseful, Marsh Madness.
In the title story, Her Name is Mercie; an ordinary young woman is betrayed by the police when her parents are inexplicably shot dead in their car. This is a story of modern day greed and corruption: if you push someone to their breaking point, it can be surprising to see what they are capable of, and Mercie is not a girl to be deceived! It’s a story of revenge, of finding loyalty in strange and unexpected places; but don’t for one second, imagine that the route this author takes will be predictable! Chris Roy is a master of suspense; he ratches up the tension to breaking point, only to deliver you without a safety net, straight into the unknown.
The cohesive theme of this collection is family; what it means to experience betrayal and disloyalty from external forces, as well as from the very people that you love and trust the most! There are also motifs of justice and redemption – perhaps the ‘family’ which you have built for yourself, is the only thing able to survive in a nightmarish world, where love and loyalty, can never be truly taken for granted.
Her Name is Mercie is out today! ~ Expect the unexpected. Expect to be entertained!
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Sonia Kilvington 
Awesome review ❤
Thanks Priyasha – glad you enjoyed it 🙂
I agree with Priyasha – AWESOME.
This is by far the best written review yet, best presented – and we just did a blog tour with 21 bloggers!
Really cool, really love ❤ this. Huge THANKS, my friend.
Respect,
Chris Roy