Detritus in Love by Mercedes M. Yardley and John Boden

Detritus is a young boy, a young boy unlike any others around. He's got a "third eye", that lets him see what others cannot. What he sees are his best friends, those in the form of two members of the dead. A young girl by the name of Blank (whom he falls in love with, and she doesn't know she's dead), and a boy named Shultz that insists on wearing Nazi clothing. With a meth-head wreck of a human for a mother, Detritus has to find solace and friendship wherever he can, even if it's in those of ghosts.

The ghosts though know that something is coming. It's called The Opposite, and it means to end all that is going for Detritus. A life of despair, a life almost not worth living to begin with. Where his family wishes he was never born, and nobody wants to have anything to do with him. Can they stop the darkness from coming? Will Detritus finally find happiness in his meager life?


In this novella from Mercedes M. Yardley and John Boden, we encounter a sad, dark tale of a young buy with nothing to live for, a life of nothing but bad. A mixture of the depressing, the horror, and the bizarre, this novella is a quick read, but at the same time packs a good punch too for what it's going for. If you're in the mood for a good little read this fall, I'd check this one out. I'm going to give this a B, and thank John for sending me a copy to review for the site.



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Review by Kyle Lybeck