Review: A great introduction to the author's writing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
I’m a fan of flash fiction since I love to see how an author can pull it off. It’s not an easy challenge and not many are successful. Fowler’s stories add another level of difficulty since they involve world-building. In novels, this can take pages. In flash fiction, Fowler only has a few words to spare.What impressed me was how quickly each story pulled me in. And they kept me interested until the end. And Fowler included an introduction to each story and I liked knowing the inspiration for all of them. Two of the stories really stood out to me: “A Creature Stirring” and “Captain Quasar and the ‘If Only’ Elixir of Opsanus Tau Prime.” I really enjoyed Captain Quasar and there’ll be more of him in 2014. I’m so excited!I will warn you, many of these stories are chilling. But they are horror stories so it’s not surprising. This is my first introduction to Fowler’s writing and I want to read more by him. Count me as a fan.