Review: Madcap mile-a-minute laughs
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2012
Eleven humorous short stories, some not much longer than flash fiction, delivered in a fast-paced madcap style that never slowed down. That was my take on Oleg Medvedkov's enjoyable little book. His stories are funny, some more so than others, but all were entertaining. One of the funniest stories was the first one, "The Spy Letter," an epistolary that read like something Agent 86 (Maxwell Smart) might have written to the CONTROL Chief. As a non-trendsetter myself, I laughed out loud at the suggestions in "How to Set Trends, Five Easy Lessons" (it's easier than I thought, actually). In the title story, "How to Prevent Unicorns from Stealing Your Car," I learned seven things I can do to unicorn-proof my car, and I'll admit that since implementing those seven steps, no unicorns have stolen my car.Every story didn't grab me and get the chuckles that the best of the collection did, but there are enough laughs here to please most anyone and brighten their day a bit.