Review: An original very clever and suspenseful plot
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2013
I think that the plot in this very short well-written tale is original and, as the author states in his after-word, it causes readers to think about the use of the imagination. It reminds me of a Star Trek episode where Spock takes the prior captain of the Enterprise to a special place where, although his body is ruined, he is able to live in his imagination in a pleasurable way with the person he wants to live with. However, Bivona carries the idea further. While in the "special place," the person is able to do things and transport what he does to the real world. And a person can spend many years in the "special place" while only a short time passes in the real world.In this story, a boy suffers greatly because of the loss of a loved one and discovers that he can avoid the loss of the loved one by going to the "special place." Now he is an adult and is dying of cancer. Can he use the "special place" to help himself?