Review: Amazing and Diversified Collection of Short Stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2013
Find this review and more at Lusty Penguin Reviews!Touch of Beyond is an amazing and diversified collection of thirteen short stories. Michael Twist has an engaging and graceful writing style that quickly brings the reader into each of his stories. The author's stories start innocuously enough, but as they progress, there are hints that something else, potentially a paranormal force, is driving these stories. Just when you think you might have figured it out, the author astonishes you with a unique twist, usually in the last few sentences. Even though all of the stories are thoroughly different from each other, they work well together in this collection.I enjoyed all of the short stories, but I have to say that I enjoyed "The Right Call" the best. In this short story, Randall is offered the opportunity to meet any person from history. Randall, a professor of American history, struggles trying to narrow down who he wants to meet. I was shocked by who he chose, but the twist was the perfect ending to this story.While reading Touch of Beyond, I couldn't help but think about how much these short stories reminded me of The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits TV shows. Although I'm not usually a reader of short stories, I will definitely be reading more of Michael Twist's thought-provoking short story collections.I received an eBook copy from the author for purpose of an honest review. I was not compensated for this review, and all conclusions are my own responsibility.