This is a book of what can only be termed Short Fiction. Stories range from several pages down to, in one case, a single sentence. Thematically, they extend a fair stretch from the perfectly realistic into the realm of the surreal. But there is always enough reality present to keep you believing that maybe, if […]
“Broken World Stories” by Lance Manion
This is a book of short pieces, mostly humorous. I won’t call them stories, although many of them are. What the others are is more difficult to pin down, so I’ll let you figure them out yourself. The work stands out because of its creativity. Examples: An ethnically sourced method of saying good-bye to the […]
“The Final Exam,” The Society Agent Series by Shaun J. McLaughlin.
This is a review of “Final Exam,” the first in a new series of very brief novels (under 50 pages) of light Science Fiction adventure. Thus it is also a review of the whole series, or at least the first four books, which I found easy to read in the time I usually allot for […]