Review: A touch of Ray Bradbury  -  4 1/2 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 9, 2012
Note: This review was originally published at Red Adept Reviews on December 28, 2011.Overall: 4 1/2 starsUnnatural Time was a fantasy short story that reminded me of the classic Ray Bradbury novel, Something Wicked This Way Comes, in the sense that both stories involved a carnival. In Unnatural Time, however, instead of offering seductive promises of youth regained, Mr. Kite's Cavalcade of Unnatural History offered visitors something even more enticing. (But the carnival food was mundane, not even offering funnel cake!)The three characters in the story were not the typical good-versus-evil figures of a fantasy tale. Mr. Kite was a fast-talking showman in the vaudevillian style, who was suspected of some kind of evil plot, but it would take the investigative talents of Palequus and Peter to ferret out his secret. Palequus and Peter worked well together, with Peter being pensive and inquisitive, and Palequus being more outgoing and wary, but if they weren't careful, this case could be the end of them.Unnatural Time was a well written, imaginative story that was fun to read. The author did a nice job of creating a bizarre fantasy situation where the characters fit in and interacted perfectly. The dialogues matched the tone of the story, even showing a bit of humor at times.Unnatural Time has 285 Kindle locations. Text-to-Speech and Lending are enabled.