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Adam Maxwell is a master wordsmith, but not the kind you're used to. He knows how to say what needs to be said using carefully crafted diction and witty, purposeful language. In this age of daunting 1000-page Pulitzer winners and laboriously dense texts from faux-academics (see also: elitists), Maxwell's collection is a shotgun blast of fresh air. These short (and sometimes short-short) stories are gems of neo-noir style balanced perfectly with classic humor conventions and contemporary storytelling. A real summer treat, and can be read -- like any great story collection -- over and again. High recommended from this reviewer. It may be flash fiction, but the joy in reading Maxwell will surely resonate long after the pages are turned. [...]

Having read excerpts of "Shooting Jelly With A Shotgun" online, I was looking forward to some more of Adam Maxwells highly original short stories and I was not disappointed.

Quite where he gets his inspiration is likely to forever remain a mystery, but this is the most imaginative blast of dark humour to appear this year.

Standouts are the truly bizarre "Jim Morrison's Leg" and the delightfully inventive "The Holy Face Of Gary Barlow" but there is not a weak story in the entire collection.

Highly recommended and I hope Adams next collection will not be too long in coming.

AlanF