Black Friday by Alex Irvine

Black Friday by Alex Irvine
Publisher: Tor Books
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Holiday, Action/Adventure
Length: Short Story (18 pages)
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Astilbe

In a dark future America where consumerism and gun culture are unchecked, a young family teams up to celebrate the first shopping day of the Christmas season in the most patriotic way possible … in Alex Irvine’s Tor.com Original short story, Black Friday.

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I never would have thought to combine firearms with the tradition of Black Friday sales. These two things occupy such separate corners of my mind that I was mystified at first by how they could possibly be related. With that being said, the author did an excellent job of figuring out all of the stuff that both of them share in common. I was regularly surprised by just how many similarities they had, especially once I realized what the characters were actually doing at the mall on the day after Thanksgiving.

The ending felt a little abrupt to me. So much time was spent building up to it that I was surprised by how quickly it arrived. There were just enough loose threads left dangling by the time that scene ended that I didn’t feel comfortable choosing a full, five-star rating. With that being said, this was still something I enjoyed reading quite a bit.

This was one of the most intense stories I’ve read in ages. There was just as much action in the plot as there were science fiction themes, and that was an excellent choice for this universe. Caleb and his family lived in an incredibly dangerous world where someone’s fate could change in an instant. It made a great deal of sense to show what these experiences were like for these characters by throwing them into a situation where they had no idea what would happen next and where there was no such thing as finding a safe place to hide and catch one’s breath.

Whether you love, loathe, or are indifferent to the biggest shopping day of the year in the United States, Black Friday should be read by anyone who has any opinion on this topic at all.