This is a powerful collection of short stories, tightly
written, which leave you wondering about the past, the future, the wider story
that has not been told.
In most of the stories there is some element of fantasy or
surrealism which is handled well. A hint
perhaps of some untold mythology that is intriguing, but could so easily, in
less skilful hands, have become laboured or over-bearing.
Within this context of myth and magic what is captured and
brought out is a very strong sense of “ordinary” humanness, the characters
within the stories are entirely believable – indeed you have the sense that
these are not only people you could bump into in the street, but in fact people
you already know.
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