Review: A kafkaesque tale by a master short story writer
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2011
This free kindle book is one of over one hundred splendid short stories by Joshua Scribner. This 2009 one has a Kafkaesque quality; however, unlike the Kafka tales, this one explains the fantasies that it describes. Kellan wakes up in a hospital cafeteria convinced that this has happened to her many times. It is a room without any doors. She sees four other women who are given no names in the story, but only called by the color of their hair. They also say that they frequently wake up in different settings.  She feels compelled to obey everything that Red tells her to do. There is also an old woman in the room who causes doors and then chests and then other things to appear. Only Kellan can open the doors and chests. There are frightening things inside the doors and chests. Kellan and the other women go through some scary situations. What is going on and why?