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There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House

David Erik Nelson

4.3/5 ( ratings)

"Downtrodden architect Glenn Washington and his none-too-bright sidekick Lennie help a crooked real estate baron flip houses in downtrodden Detroit. A house comes up that is too good to gut for parts. Too good to be true. Waaaay too good. Thing is, nothing leads where it should — go through the front door, step out the door on the back porch. Best library ever. And why are the cops nosing around? Non-Euclidian architectural petty-crime adventure, and all that implies."—Adrian Simmons, writing for Black Gate magazine.

"This is a very entertaining and readable story, and what makes it even better is the sheer amount of incidental detail that Nelson includes. At the end, just when I thought it was coming off the boil a little, there is a neat little twist that pulls it back up again, as well as allowing for sequels. One for the ‘Best of the Year’ collections."—Paul Fraser, writing for sfmagazines.com

"absorbing horror novella" —Rich Horton, Locus, Sept 2017

Pages: 88

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ars Architeuthis Press

Release: February 27, 2018

There Was a Crooked Man, He Flipped a Crooked House

David Erik Nelson

4.3/5 ( ratings)

"Downtrodden architect Glenn Washington and his none-too-bright sidekick Lennie help a crooked real estate baron flip houses in downtrodden Detroit. A house comes up that is too good to gut for parts. Too good to be true. Waaaay too good. Thing is, nothing leads where it should — go through the front door, step out the door on the back porch. Best library ever. And why are the cops nosing around? Non-Euclidian architectural petty-crime adventure, and all that implies."—Adrian Simmons, writing for Black Gate magazine.

"This is a very entertaining and readable story, and what makes it even better is the sheer amount of incidental detail that Nelson includes. At the end, just when I thought it was coming off the boil a little, there is a neat little twist that pulls it back up again, as well as allowing for sequels. One for the ‘Best of the Year’ collections."—Paul Fraser, writing for sfmagazines.com

"absorbing horror novella" —Rich Horton, Locus, Sept 2017

Pages: 88

Format: Kindle Edition

Publisher: Ars Architeuthis Press

Release: February 27, 2018

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