Review: Stalking in cyberspace
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2012
I recently "discovered" Mishka Shubaly through his Kindle Single "Bachelor Number One." I enjoyed it so much that I downloaded one of his earlier works, "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" It's another winner. Mishka's writing is funny, self-deprecating, and it rings of brutal honesty, so much so that his story was almost painfully discomforting to read. Being stalked is scary enough, but in this cyberspace era, it's virtually impossible to ignore or escape from a stalker.The story began with a female "following" Mishka on Twitter. That wasn't unusual, since Mishka was a musician and met many people on the club circuit. But the mysterious "Johna" had almost no other presence on the internet, unusual nowadays when almost everyone gets returns when googling their name. But even with a few red flags being raised, Mishka and Johna were getting increasingly involved, and he began to feel a serious connection with the woman. Dare he think she could be the soul mate and true love he was searching for?Suddenly, with one startling revelation from Johna, their relationship was jeopardized, and the story began a downward spiral, leading to a face-to-face encounter with Johna that turned Mishka's world upside down as his worst nightmares returned with a malevolent vengeance.To say any more would be a spoiler. I'll just summarize the story with Mishka's own words: "Pathological liar finds a pathological believer."