"...such a peerless collection...Cooper not just eschews the dynamics of modern horror, but also the classics of the genre…I did not find a single dud tale in the book…In Fetu is a downright disturbing tale. An absolute classic. Cooper’s tales take you to places grounded in the reality of the modern world and the madness that surrounds it. Thoroughly recommended and well-worth reading."
— Christopher Teague: Whispers of Wickedness [Read full review here]
"[You Are The Fly] comes with the subtitle “Tales of Redemption & Distress”, but madness and metamorphosis might be more appropriate terms. In tone he reminds me of [Edgar Allan] Poe, has the same obsessive quality and attention to minutiae, with the ghost of Roderick Usher breathing down the reader’s neck…
[Stephen] King’s back catalogue is touched on in several of these stories, as with In Fetu which reprises a core concept of The Dark Half...but Cooper gives it an interesting twist and produces something sharper and more poignant than the King novel…
…comparisons with King are apposite… but Cooper owns the material.
…a collection by a young writer with a gift for portraying off the wall mental states, making us believe in them and care for the people involved…"— Peter Tennant: Black Static
"From the opening… the reader knows that they are in strange territory…
Cooper’s stories tread ground rarely ventured into successfully by his peers… [which] will appeal to both the hard-core horror buff [and] also to the literate…
There are moments amid all the fist-in-mouth horror of unexpected pathos and sheer beauty.
Read it; you won’t forget some of the images easily."— Colin Harvey: Suite101.com [Read full review here]
"In Fetu is an exceptionally dark tale of psychological and familial assault, centering around a rather odd birth related issue. This story grabbed hold of this reader with its language, its originality, and its fine execution. In Fetu ranks among the top ten short stories I've read this year...To discerning horror readers looking for some exceptional psychological horror to sate their pallet after the latest Joe Hill or Ramsey Campbell work, I fully recommend You Are the Fly."
— Daniel Robichaud: Horror Reader [Read full review here]