Stranger Things Happen
A debut collection of extraordinary stories from an award-winning author.
A debut collection of extraordinary stories from an award-winning author.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781931520997 (1931520992)
Publish date: July 1st 2001
Publisher: Small Beer Press
Pages no: 191
Edition language: English
...you just have to give up. 5 stories out of the 11, and not a single one made a lick of sense to me. I'm sure they had some sort of metaphorical meaning or I just wasn't putting the pieces together right, but I shouldn't have to work that hard at a story. I can solve just about any mystery in seco...
My favorite kinds of short stories are the unpredictable ones. Throw in some Greek gods, awesome lady detectives, and fairy tales into the magical realism plot then I might just fall in love. 4.5 stars
2.5 stars. I was tempted to give this three stars, because a lot of my reaction wasn't that these stories were bad, just that they weren't for me. But boy, were they not for me.My first exposure to Kelly Link's writing was through her YA collection Pretty Monsters: Stories. I loved it. "Magic for Be...
A book of surreal short stories that would vie with Hurakami for the strangest stories I’ve ever read. Unlike Hurakami, however, there is no Kafkaesque feeling of alienation; the odd people in these stories seem generally content with the craziness of their lives. What kind of stories are these? Her...