Review: Collection of Unique Stories
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2014
Though anything but ordinary, these stories are short but very interesting and capture the reader’s attention from the very start. Each story concerns an individual, couple or family told from a different angle.  The collection is not quite a paranormal collection, but all the stories concern something other than earthly in them. The author, whose writings I have read a lot, has a great, concise writing style, so he wastes no words or side plots in his writings.  In this collection, I felt as if I knew each of the people involved, except for the one story about Kurt Smith that was so far from my realm of experience that I could not find anything to relate to. In one story, a couple, who never seem to hit it off with members of the opposite sex, find a unique relationship where time is only there for them alone. Another story concerns a statue who the author has personified, to give us some expected but still unusual thoughts about the world around. In the one story that I found most difficult to relate to, an elderly man finally comes face-to-face with a history he has been avoiding for years. The collection moves along nicely. The writing, as I said, is quite good. The plots of the stories are not that unusual but have unusual twists. The characters are done well. I think anyone looking for something to read quickly that is not the usual run-of-the-mill would find this collection of stories fascinating and well worth the effort. I received this from Library Thing to read and review.