I have a friend who, as a gift periodically sends me a box of books from Amazon. Often included are books of a type I would not have cast an eye over when surveying a bookshop shelf and many are delighted finds for me. One of these was a book called The Specter in the Spectacles by a writer called Kyt Dotson.
I then discovered that she has an on-line series of tales about a Vex Harrow . . . and who might she be?
Do take a look here – http://www.millvexations.com/read/index.php
Vex drives a taxi and encounters all manner of threats, problems and oddities in her journeys around Gotham . . . wherever it might be. It is world containing magic, adeptly or clumsily enacted and startles the reader by appearing in the most commonplace of situations.
Vex is creative . . . she sees what needs to happen and she makes it happen. She deals with standard woes and more often than not ones that are deeper, darker and more beset with the casual stance practised evil takes.
Voices speak to her and are often ignored until their message becomes more urgent, more realised or enticing.
She carries on with an uneasy persistent feel that no matter what efforts are taken the rot is out there.
And she is not alone . . . there are continuing characters in various guises that offer support, comfort and often ripples of the light of laughter.
The stories are Innovation and modern with tags of those fears that all feel . . . and provide a delicious sense of dread and deepening dark . . . and her taxi . . . a most astonishing vehicle.
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Mill Avenue Vexations blends the rich street culture of Tempe’s Mill Avenue into a vibrant fantasy macrocosm involving the dark supernatural, an occult-powered taxi cab, and a Goth named Vex.
Remarkably engrossing, these volumes are not your ordinary work of dark fiction. They offer unique characters and strong plotlines that engage the reader into the eerily playful world of the paranormal.
As these adventures unfold, we learn more about Vex’s past and how it has shaped her career as a pentacle-wearing, wand-wielding cabbie. Besides the published volumes with the absolutely gorgeous cover art, there are some short stories on the fansite that are just as enjoyable, such as "I Do Not Want Fries With That" and the ever-popular "Hello Cory".
Vexations is a good read for us Phoenicians or anyone interested in tales of the paranormal with a dose of comedy and Gothic style!
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The metro Phoenix area is a place quite different from anywhere else I have ever been. Each piece is so independent from the rest. Mill Avenue Vexations is set in a small college town, or at least, that’s what Tempe feels like. Vex protects the students and others there, whether they realize it or not, and she’s awesome. She’s this kinda crazy chick with some definite personal issues. It’s so easy to believe in her, and root for her. I have been reading this story since the beginning, and was drawn in immediately. Each volume shows improvements in the story and Kyt really settling in to his storytelling style. I’ve reached a point where I even know the different characters’ names, which is a feat and a half for me, even when I care about them. This is a great story line, with some interesting side volumes as well. I’m always eager for the next volume, and while I never want it to end, I’m also incredibly curious to find out why in the heck Vex is standing there with a gun.
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