Harare Review of Books

74 pages.

First published April 5, 2024 (Querencia Press)

Fiction/surrealist.

I’m always up for surrealist fic because weird stories make the world fun. A couple of the stories in this collection were very fun indeed; the one with the talking dog (A Peculiar Day in the Douro Valley), and then the one with the (spoiler) black bear on the roof of a property that was up for sale (______Simon) were memorable, and I enjoyed them a lot. Some of the other stories, though were rather impenetrable for me, or just too downright sad.

So, I found this an uneven collection; but it was a quick read, with highlights. Thank you to [[Querencia Press]] and to NetGalley for early access.