Genre: Short
Story Collection
Description:
“Hello there and welcome to Last Night at the Nowhere Cliff: A
Short Story Collection, containing laugh-out-loud funnies, tear-jerking
ruminations, and many other adventures!
Be warned: some of these stories may be truly beautiful, some may be
funny, and some may be outright odd. Such is life, am I right?”
Author:
“Nicknamed ‘The Human Resource’ by their friends due to their penchant
for pulling random facts out of thin air, they wrote their first short story
when they were young, scribbling away with a stubby pencil and a dollar store
spiral-bound notebook. Ever since then, they’ve been hooked, writing all sorts
of wacky, funny, scary, and heart-breaking stories.
M.H. writes to express themself, their thoughts, ideas, and emotions.
They also have a deep interest in how fiction connects to reality and how
character arcs mirror our own lives.
M.H. Altis has written several books, from 250,000-word epics to
50,000-word dashes, and even more short stories. With a growing unreleased
catalogue, they decided it was finally time to share their creations with the
world.”
Appraisal:
This was a fun read. The book starts out with a quick run down of the
stories to come with a bit about what is in the story and possibly an
indication of what inspired it. The stories vary in genre and length. While the
odds are pretty good that you’ll find a few of these that don’t really pull you
in, odds are even better that you’ll find some that really speak to you. Unless
your taste as a reader is incredibly broad and you think all genres of fiction
are equal in which case you’ll probably like them all. I liked that it mixed
things up which kept me guessing what I might get in the next story. Overall a
fun read.
Buy now
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FYI:
Some adult language and some minorly adult situations make an
appearance.
Format/Typo
Issues:
Review is based on an advance reader copy so I can’t judge the final
product in this area.
Rating: ****
Four Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 60-65,000 words
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