Specimen 313: A Short Story

By Jeff Strand

A free short story taken straight from the pages of THE MONSTER'S CORNER, an all original anthology from some of today's hottest supernatural writers, featuring stories from the monster's point of view.

SPECIMEN 313 is the story of a meat-eating plant named Max, surviving in the greenhouse with his mad doctor keeper when he gets a new female neighbor.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Release date: Aug 17, 2011
• ISBN: 9781429962421

Jeff Strand

JEFF STRAND is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of lots and lots of books. Some are scary, some are funny, and most are both. He bets his cat is bigger than your cat.

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Reviews for Specimen 313

[misspider-1 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This was so sweet! Despite the circumstance that the main character is a man-eating plant, Specimen 313 is a heartrending tale about loving friendship that put a smile on my face.

[gregorio_roth · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A short free novel that would be loved by all those who will watch Tusk!

[todd_russell_2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Nasty plants with heart and soul grown and cultivated by a mad doctor. (view spoiler) Nice reading a short story written from the monster's point of view. All the stories in The Monster's Corner: Stories Through Inhuman Eyes are written from the monster's point of view and Amazon is running a special where some are available to read for free. Probably a limited time deal, so if you're interested in checking them out, may want to jump.Specimen 313 was very predictable but the jubilant writing style carried me through. I'm going to check out some of Strand's longer work.