Eileen tells her friend Jill, a fellow teacher, the story of her four year old son’s disappearance many years ago. And of the strange things that happened afterwards.
This story starts very much like a lifetime movie, starring Celtic folk singers no less, which sets off all kinds of internal alarms for me. But once the central mystery kicks in, it gets on the right track. And though I can’t say I understand the ending, it has a strong dream-like logic to it.
(F&SF, June 2008)
