Review: Something for everyone
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 30, 2014
In his introduction, Richard Bunning hopes that his stories raise a bubble or two of interest. Well fear not, Richard. They’ll do much more than that.Apart from the sheer enjoyment provided by each of these short pieces of literature, they culminate in a diverse showcase, allowing Richard to display his undoubted talent in many genres.Anyone seeking reassurance that Richard possesses the imagination to sustain his writing for fifty totally different and distinct tales, needs only study his thesis in Story 1, on how the eggs of various species of bird can be used as a word count for future writing. I actually started to take this seriously until I had a quiet word with myself.As for the rest of the stories, well, I’m reminded of Forrest Gump’s classic statement, ‘Life is like a box of chocolates, you just don’t know what you’re going to get.’Well you certainly don’t know what you’re gonna get from one story to another here. They are unbelievably diverse. There’s got to be something for everyone in this box. From heavy drama, to comedy, to sci-fi, to chick-lit, even to Jeremy Clarkson style looking at life, it’s all here. All brilliantly written, all enjoyable.Go on, get in there. You know you want to!