I've been a genre fiction book reviewer for the last 20 years and have reviewed more than 7,500 titles. This short story is my attempt to write something totally unconventional... like I've never read before. It's about a madman who lives in an abandoned barn in rural Upstate New York and although there is no real beginning or end, no dialogue, no significant action, and absolutely no character development, it's a profoundly moving read about loneliness, the consequences of cruelty, and, ultimately, finding salvation. Author Adam Connell said this about the story: "Reminiscent of the rural contrasts in Bradbury's Dandelion Wine, Allen's 'The Tao of Feeblecorn,' like the best of Bradbury's work, yanks you from our world and plunges you into his. A layered, rich world that will be familiar and also frightening to anyone who has ever felt like an outcast. Comforting and harrowing, rendered with love and daring."