Review: Captivating story.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 26, 2013
This is an extraordinarily vivid novella by The Black. So vivid that I really felt as if Shemya, (a.k.a. the island/The Rock) where we first meet lovers Craig and Collie, was another character in the story. It's hard sometimes to believe that places like Shemya exist, yet they do and it does. Shemya seems so stark, bleak even at first, while simultaneously being absolutely remarkable and literally captivating. It was not hard to believe that humor and love could ignite or blossom in such a place. I don't read many short stories but going forward I may feel compelled to read almost any by this author who seems to have mastered the genre.