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MOTA 2002: Truth

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There's no need to go to your thesaurus for a definition of truth, although editor John Reed helpfully supplies a few in this anthology's introduction. Eighteen authors accept the challenge and shape stories around their own definition. Reed's anthology contains a remarkable variety of storytelling styles from light humor to dark fiction, and each story delivers its own life lesson about the way things really are. There's a doomed flour sack named Rupert, a jilted woman in a gorilla suit, a psychiatrist who could give Dr. Phil an inferiority complex, and more. I read several stories on the bus to work and found myself nodding in agreement with the authors' viewpoints. Each story is engrossing and entertaining. And I'm telling the truth!

I love reading short stories, and finding a new collection of varied and interesting voices is a joy. There are some original and unexpected gems here. The stories are down to earth and accessable and do work to make the reader think about the truth. I was unfamliar with most of these writers and look forward to seeing what they do next, as well as reading the next in the MOTA series.