Review: As if Philip K. Dick wrote crime fiction
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 11, 2013
That was a nice, little shotgun read. HARD BITE is one of the best, most original short stories I've ever read. The wheelchair-bound narrator's voice, his twisted sense of humor, the hyperreality he lives in. This is really a perfect story.Not all the stories live up to him. Some are very predictable and their very short form doesn't help that very problem. You know, if you start with a premise that usually have a certain type of ending, if the story is short, the ending will probably be what you expected.There are other stories that punched me in the balls. Not as hard as HARD BITE, but more than your usual short anyway. TEQUILA SPIKE, EATING THE DEFICIT and M-N-S all stood out on their own and brought a little more happiness to my life! Great collection to pick up if you have two hours ahead of you, waiting for your flight or something. Anonymous 9 has a crazy, tunneled vision of reality.