Name: The Thyme Fiend: A Tor.Com Original
ISBN: 9781466886315

Jeffrey Ford

The Thyme Fiend: A Tor.Com Original

Maggie Gordon

The Thyme Fiend is a creative and very creepy short from Jeffrey Ford. Emmet is a young teen who sees terrible visions unless he consumes thyme at fairly regular intervals. But eventually he discovered that these visions are perhaps important, even though they almost get him killed. The prose is beautiful, turning a story readers have heard before into something new. My central complaint, however, is that the story really felt like it needed a novella or a book. There were too many characters with motivations that needed to be fleshed out, though the story was enjoyable never the less.