In Los Angeles, hundreds of blackbirds drop out of the sky in a scene reminiscent of Hitchcock’s The Birds. On the same day, a beach in Maine glistens with the bodies of thousands of fish gasping for air, dying. And only a few hours later, on the South Island of […]

Short almost abrupt stories are followed by longer, more fleshed out ones maintaining an erratic (but engaging) pace to this book. Dickson Telfer’s stories are joyful, sad, playful, nice, naughty, touching, some even cringe-worthy but above all, they are hilarious. This book is a brilliant collection of short stories. And […]

I distinctly remember it being bright and sunny outside when I snuggled into my couch to read this book. By the time I finished, it was dark and past dinner time. I can’t remember consuming a book this intensely in a long while. I lost all sense of time, something […]