Review: A short story that invites you to stop, look and listen.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2011
Do you like character driven stories whose authors are obviously inventive people watchers?  Do you like unique, imaginative short pieces which let you peek behind the masks of ordinary people? Do you like watching The Twilight Zone? If you answered "yes" to these questions, there is a good chance you will be happy you tried "The Part Time People". If you don't mind being a little off balanced by a tale, in fact, a little quirky is interesting to you, you might actually find this story to be a gem in the rough.It could use one more edit; a few places in the story could be written clearer to make it easier for the reader to understand exactly what is happening. The ending is a fast scramble-musical-chairs, a merry-go-round which has you thinking "What!? What just happened here?", but with a little thought, it becomes quite clear. It is the magnate that pulls the story all together. I gave it 5 stars because I was still thinking about it a week after I read it.