Review: Readers will delight trying to unravel what is going on
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2011
Scribner has the knack of writing good short stories that are generally weird, and are certainly worth the time to read. They are suspenseful; readers are drawn in trying to unravel what is happening. This one is about Eric who wants to hide his true self. He is working now at a convenience store at night when he is the only store employee present. He had been in a psychiatric unit where he was certain he was not crazy. Women keep entering the store and becoming someone he knew from the past: his ex-wife, the first girl had he sex with, his sister's daughter, his mother. When he begins to talk to them as he sees them, they become agitated, return to their unfamiliar form, and leave.  Then he thinks of an idea. He begins to order them to do things. He orders his ex-wife to get undressed, and she does. He orders his mother.... I leave the rest to the reader's enjoyment.