Jeff Menapace's short story Princess: A Disturbing Psychological Thriller is true to it's name. An interesting tale that follows a somewhat deranged (but in many case, sadly normal but not to the extreme) family where mom lives though her daughter and daddy will do whatever it takes to make his princess happy.
All that said, there isn't much to say (unless you just give the entire book away) - a crazed mother, psychotic dad and the stolen boy set for his little princesses prom. Keep in mind this is a very short story. Not much space for setting development or real character development. Nicely written, concise and clean. For me it was a thriller, gruesome and odd at times but not anything to lose sleep over.
I'm not "getting" the book jacket by the way?
For the writer, this is a clean and well written piece. Concise in that it gets a atmospheric vision across in just a few words.
For the reader, this is horror or a thriller or a psychological tale of odd and filled with sick people. For some it may be over the top but others will certainly enjoy.
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