This book of short stories is a dive into the twisted depths of the disturbed human psyche. Each tale peels back the layers of the mind of one individual who is twisted further, either by self, circumstances or the manipulation of other warped characters, towards an act that would be considered insane except that we…
Month: October 2024
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“Billy 9F” by David Finley
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Children’s Action Comedy is a difficult genre to work with, because of the varied interests and reading vocabularies of the target audience and the objectives of the adults that make the purchases. The novel makes a good stab at it, involving a great deal of creativity to attract the young adults and a tried-and-true political…
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“Wind in Trees” by Arthur M. Doweyko
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This is Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi, but the tale starts further than usual down the road to the post-humanity era of self-awareness. It deals with the problem we have trying to predict this progress. There’s no point in present-day humans worrying too much about it, because by the time AI starts taking over, the people of that…
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“Strike the Lilac Scent” by H. C. Turk
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This strange novel has a fascinating story line, but it seems the author tried a little too hard to be creative, and thus did not succeed in communicating clearly with readers. Granted, the heroine is a teenager, but the other characters are adults, and yet the conversation is peppered with “golly,” and “ohso” and juvenile…