With stories told in 140 characters or less, A Small Fiction delivers brilliant yet brief tales destined to stick with readers long after they turn the page.
Through the genre lenses of science fiction, fantasy, contemporary fiction, folklore, and humour, each of these illustrated micro-fictions is a peephole that reveals a bigger world.
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“’I read your story.’
‘And?’
‘It’s so short. Why did it take so long to write?’
‘It took time to get all the extra words out of the way.’”
A Small Fiction is an illustrated collection of little stories by James Mark Miller, with illustrations by Jefferson Miller. The author describes the collection as the seeds of stories; a few lines each, they are succinct and evocative, often able to convey a thought, a feeling or an idea better than a much longer work. Many of these are so good, it is difficult to limit the quotes in a review.
These little gems, dipping into various genres, will have the reader smiling, frowning, gasping and, very often, laughing out loud. They are wise, clever, poignant, insightful, witty, sad, profound, funny (sometimes darkly so), scary and really quite wonderful!
“Ownership is an illusion, the cat knew. Nothing is forever.
They needed to learn.
He began pushing another glass toward the table’s edge.”
“’This model is perfect. It will even think it’s human.’
‘What about the optical flaws?’
‘The “floaters”? We’ll just say we all have them.’”
This one is reminiscent of Hitchhikers Guide B ark: “’Robots will replace us all pretty soon,’ he said.
‘Not everyone. Not you.’
‘Really?’
‘Yeah, no one needs what you do. You can go,’”
“’Dad, why do Santa’s deer have bells?’
‘Remember how we put the bell on the cat because he kept eating birds?’
‘Yeah?’
‘That. But kids’”
“’Teach me how to be happy,’ she said.
The dog whuffed at her, then flopped down to nap.
‘I wish you could talk.’
He wished she would listen.”
And there are many more, just as marvellous. What a great little collection!
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Andrews McMeel Publishing.
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