Review: Three very short and very clever stories of people with special powers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 5, 2011
I must have read over a dozen short stories by Joshua Scribner. I think that they have very original and fascinating plots, and are fun to read. This book has three very short tales about people with unusual powers.In the first, "Scent," an adolescent boy has an uncanny ability to smell things, such as what a person ate and where people are. He comes to the local sheriff and tells him he can show him where a person he has been looking for can be found. The boy also believes in resurrection of the body from man to man, from animal to man. These characteristics lead into an unusual and cunning plot.The second story is "Licked" about a twelve year old boy who licks various things, including grass, sidewalks, clothes, and can detect from what he licked what people did and where they did it. He persuades a doctor to help him use his ability to help people without them knowing what he did.The third story "Onto the Next" focuses on a man with the skill to find animals that are in distress. He puts them out of their misery. The story tells, in a wily way, why he developed this gift.