Genre: Short
Story Collection/Speculative Fiction
Description:
“A dystopian vampire teenager, severed finger salad topping,
disgruntled Teddy bears, and an army of Percivals. What do these all have in
common? They are all trapped within the pages of this collection of stories,
like a genie waiting to be released from a bottle. Oh, forgot to say, there’s a
genie in there too, but not one like you’re picturing. This one is actually …
well, you’ll find out.
So, for those of you who spend your life in a state of perpetual
distraction, who want to buy everything in the art supply shop, whose
co-workers don’t know you write poetry…
no more staring into the mirror wondering how nice it would be to have
horns.
It’s time to grow a pair.”
Author:
You can find out what there is to know about Thurdy, the author of
this book, on their website. The brief about page I linked gives you a bit of
an idea, but for the tl;dr version, Thurdy is a slightly off-kilter artistic
type who writes songs and now a book of short stories, among other things. That
off-kilter part is the key.
Appraisal:
If there has ever been a book title more perfect for the contents of
the book than this one, I don’t know what it is. This collection of short
stories largely seems to fall within the speculative fiction umbrella that
includes science fiction, horror, and fantasy among other genres. But the thing
that sets the stories apart is that they are odd, along with being entertaining
and unique stories. In addition to being odd, some stories challenge accepted
wisdom. Maybe vampires do like garlic and being a zombie could be fun for two
examples. The explanation for crop circles we’ve always heard is partly right,
but mostly wrong, for another example. I haven’t read a short story collection
that was this much fun in a long time, if ever.
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Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 30-35,000 words
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