Two Truths and a Lie

Stella, while home on a visit after years away from her hometown, attends the funeral of an old friend's older brother, and agrees to help him clean out the brother's house. He was a serious hoarder, and Stella is glad she only committed to one day of the exhausting and disturbing experience. One

thing we need to know about Stella is that she has a habit of making up lies, not for any particular reason, but simply to see if people believe her.. When she asks her friend, Marco, if he remembers a Saturday morning kids' show called The Uncle Bob Show, she expects him to say he doesn't, because she made it up.

But he does remember it. His brother, Denny, was on it, more than once. The tapes of those episodes are among the "treasures" Marco has uncovered so far, and he starts playing them. It's not your normal Saturday morning kids' show, and Stella is creeped out.

She's more creeped out when she goes back to her parents' house, and they remember it, too. They remember Stella being on it.

Stella doesn't remember that. She starts digging for more information about the show and its very odd host, and the more she digs, the creepier it gets.

This is a very odd story, and Stella is not that easy to like, or care about. And did I mention creepy?

Definitely not my cup of tea.

I bought this story.

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LibraryThing member wyvernfriend

This is the kind of dark urban fantasy that I don't often read. Stella tells lies and sometimes is tripped up by the lies but it's not until she goes home to her family and helps a school friend clean a house after his brother's death. While doing this they discover a few tapes of a TV show on a

local station where they took part. Stella becomes interested in the show, she doesn't remember much about it and she investigates and unearths more questions than answers.
It was unsettling and interesting.

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LibraryThing member Yggie

Huuuuu, I went in blindly, expecting fantasy or sf, but this was definitely more on the creepy horror side of things. Very well done, unsettling and weird, after a while I started questioning everything I read.
Mental note to self: Reading the Hugo packet is great BUT check genres before you dive

in. This was not a suitable read so close before bedtime.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go think happy thoughts and do calming breathing exercises so I can sleep tonight.

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