A young woman, slated to be maid of honor at her best friend's wedding, sees in the mirror a huge pimple on her cheek. She is about to squeeze it when a voice cries out to STOP. It is the ghost of her deceased mother, now inhabiting the pimple. The voice continues to hector, belittle and judge her through the rest of the short, short story. It is absolutely hilarious. Gray's collections, like Museum of the Weird, are uneven for me so far as the appeals of the central conceits, and thus silly to accord stars (Do I make an average of their appeals for me? Or ask whether I'm very happy I read them?), but the best make the purchase of the quickly read collections more than worth the effort. True literary imagination is a rarity, after all, and though Gray often recalls Kafka, she is an original, one of a kind, stylistically virtuosic on occasion and well in command of her very economical craft. For me, a real find.
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This book is for people who like flash fiction, short stories, and the disturbing things people like to ignore. It's very detailed and vivid. Those who don't like feeling uncomfortable while they read will not enjoy this. If you're a fan of Chuck Palahnuik, you'll love Amelia Gray. She writes in the abstract, the absurd, and the grotesque. But I found that a lot of the stories left me thinking about my life or life in general from a new perspective. Give it a chance if you like weird.
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This book is for people who like flash fiction, short stories, and the disturbing things people like to ignore. It's very detailed and vivid. Those who don't like feeling uncomfortable while they read will not enjoy this. If you're a fan of Chuck Palahnuik, you'll love Amelia Gray. She writes in the abstract, the absurd, and the grotesque. But I found that a lot of the stories left me thinking about my life or life in general from a new perspective. Give it a chance if you like weird.
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