Firecracker - Sean Stewart

It sometimes seems that everyone can see dead people except for me. The ‘ghost seer’ genre has sprung up everywhere; from film (The Sixth Sense), TV (Medium, The Dead Zone and Ghost Whisperer), to fiction (Odd Thomas). In most of the cases shown here the main hero does their best to try and help those who are troubled by the undead, but surely seeing dead people would more likely leave you emotionally and psychologically scarred than a superhero? This happens to be the case with Will Kennedy who throughout his life has had the ‘pleasure’ of witnessing the dead. Rather than become a millionaire ghost hunter, Will has become a bit of a bum. In his 30s, he ...  Read the complete review