Have you ever looked in a mirror and wondered what was
behind the reflection? How about meeting someone for the first time and
realizing you will be lifelong friends? With an influx of bizarre tales and strange
phenomena many stories of the unusual tend crop up.
In Not From Around Here by Larry Hochwald, you are treated
to a collection of 18 just such stories. The amazing a bizarre happenstance
keeps you going as each creates and indelible mark in your thoughts. Can such things truly happen? There are times
when a short story is all you need. This
is a fine material for waiting for your kids at the school, or even waiting at
the Dentist or Doctors office, you don’t have to worry about not being able to
get back to the ending.
Each story is unique, and in cases just a bit creepy. In
some there is a thread of humor that keeps you chuckling, as you move to the
next. Some contain morals that make you think while others are just on the
verge of the impossible, but with just a question mark of ‘what if?’
Hochwald does a great job of building his protagonists with
believable characteristics, as well as making them memorable. Each story has a
unique and solid character in which you find the interactions to be stimulating
and at times amusing. Then he takes his setting and either makes them
dreamlike, or creepy, or just out of this world. Yet his descriptions are able
to draw a picture that is often difficult with short stories.
If you are looking for a fun gift for that hard to please
friend for Christmas, this might be a great direction to take. If you enjoy a
bit of fun as well as the unbelievable you will enjoy Hochwalds zany
imagination. A unique point of view, and shared with verve.
Rating 4/5
This book was received free from the author. All opinions are my own based off my reading and understanding of the material.
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