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In All Probability (2009)

by Steve Morris(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1905809433 (ISBN13: 9781905809431)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Pneuma Springs Publishing

review 1: I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads and was delighted to get it with a bookmark and 2 bookmark cards. This was a great collection of unique short stories! Even though the stories were very short, they had fully developed characters and ideas. I liked the variety of topics and the realistic combination of happy and unhappy endings. Some of the endings surprised me and just when I started to get bummed that things weren't working out for the characters, the author would throw in an uplifting one to change the mood. Many of the stories stayed with me even after the book was closed. Some of my favorites have underdog characters that win out, and an interesting "imagine the possibilities" vibe. They are My Tune, Potential Energy, Voices, Shared House... more, Better Late than Never, Dreamer, Enchantment, and Swansong. I enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it!
review 2: This collection of short stories has a decidedly "Twilight Zone" flavor to it. They all have some sort of twist of fate in them. The stories are truly short stories; the longest one runs to about 7 pages. It's a great book to read when you don't have time to get involved in a plot. There are a couple of stories that just don't work, but most are fairly good even if some are a little predictable. Several toward the end of the book seem amateurish, as though they were thrown in to fill up space but no one had bothered to edit them. The author's note says he wrote some when he was in his teens, and maybe those are the ones at the end that seem unpolished. Overall, though, the book was pretty good, as long as you aren't expecting happy endings all the time. less

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