I have nothing against surrealism. A surrealist work is like a puzzle that presents us with tantalizing hints of meaning, toys with our perception of it, dangling full understanding out of reach, and then leaves us with powerful images that keep reappearing in our minds, forcing us to reconsider what we have read. It makes […]
“Irresistible” by Kresten Forsman
I don’t usually review short stories, but this is a nice little piece of surrealism written in a completely realistic style, and I think readers might enjoy it. The premise of the plot is what would happen if those self-help YouTube videos actually worked. What if it was really possible for a person to change […]
“Purgatorium” by J. H. Carnathan
According to the information we are given in the blurb, the main character in this book is in a coma, and in eight hours (or maybe days; time is flexible) the doctors are going to pull the plug. This information is in the book somewhere, but everything else is up for grabs. As this unnamed […]