Published: March 13, 2012
Words: 41,343 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780988009837

Short description

Strange, very, very strange – in fact you could say that these short stories are really quite desolate in nature; a macabre element to them, yes, but all with dark, underlying humour. Each is preceded by an accompanying poem.

Extended description

1. The Moon doesn't Shine.

Little Joseph's older self stuck a huge big needle into his brain at 5-yrs-old, a serum providing him with remarkable gifts. But as he gets older and nastier, his abilities are simply not enough. Tired of being restricted to travelling only to the past, he'll stop at nothing to get to the future - but he's not the only one fast forwarding; the moon departing the solar system in his wake at an alarming rate bringing about the end of the world... and redemption, as he struggles to reverse all the damage he's caused. Or... was it him?

2. A Gastronomic Disaster. (Read more) 1. The Moon doesn't Shine.

Little Joseph's older self stuck a huge big needle into his brain at 5-yrs-old, a serum providing him with remarkable gifts. But as he gets older and nastier, his abilities are simply not enough. Tired of being restricted to travelling only to the past, he'll stop at nothing to get to the future - but he's not the only one fast forwarding; the moon departing the solar system in his wake at an alarming rate bringing about the end of the world... and redemption, as he struggles to reverse all the damage he's caused. Or... was it him?

2. A Gastronomic Disaster.

Hours after lifting off the Earth, an astronaut embarking on a one-way mission to Mars witnesses the total annihilation and subsequent transformation of his planet due to the quantum vacuum having collapsed the sun and therefore decides to fulfil his latent dream of becoming an author by hastily recording the events surrounding the end of the world with artistic prose; describing the devastation and rebirth of the globe as if due to a celestial dinner party held by the gods.

3. Colour of Bleak.

Jacob had never seen colour before except that of blood. Snatched at birth, the day finally comes when he's able to escape the bleak mountain environment, the only home he's ever known except for some random visions from when he was a baby in a pram. But after decades of waiting, his timing couldn't have been worse.

4. Tin to Gold.

Distracted in writing his memoirs by the inglorious blare of ‘Welfare Wednesday’, a downtown Vancouver author reflects how he reshuffled the cards of fate to become the successful person he is as opposed to what his life might've been. Hampered also by a latent revulsion for a severely abused and impoverished childhood in Scotland, he ponders the outrageous travesty he turns out instead - one written from the perspective of a misplaced suicidal baby in possession of an arrogant and not so new soul. Yes... really.

5. Family Reunion.

The first of two macabre Christmas stories where a high achieved band of brothers and sisters come together every year at the invitation of their mentally retarded brother.

6. Mrs Claus' Christmas Bauble.

Magic really does exist at Christmastime and everyone likes to speculate about Santa, who is he really? But what about Mrs Claus? Is she a mere mortal, or pure evil and twisted with her own agenda? Find out the truth as you learn about the magic Christmas bauble. But be careful what you wish for little girl - you might just be getting played.
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Tags

literary, anthology, humor, paranormal, short stories, christmas, science fiction, dystopia, poems, weird, time travel, spaceship, armageddon, bizzare, s p mount

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Review by: Jerriann Law on Sep. 22, 2012 :
Unusual stories and poems, each as different as you could hope to find, with full detailed characterization, setting and humor, as well as the inevitable twist ending. An excellent read for most any season, and a collection you will return to many times, for these stories will linger in your mind; and pull you irresistibly back, over and over; for reading when the moon sets at a jaunty angle and you have the urge for something just a tad on the unusual side this is the book to read.
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