Try to think carefully about what is happening with the heroes of the story given in the book, imagine all this as naturalistic as possible, and then the story “The Freak” will certainly make an impression on you. Still would! After all, in it, a pupil of an orphanage who has “gone crazy” because of the incessant bullying of him, having received from fate, as if as a consolation, superpowers that give power over those around him, begins to mercilessly “crumple” his offenders, considering almost everyone in the orphanage to be such. its roof! However, let’s not get ahead of ourselves, snatching, as they say, pieces from this nightmare story; it is best to read the latter in full and yourself in order to fully enjoy the taste of the horror that fills it to the brim. A story from the collection “Eaters of Human Flesh.”