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The language and especially the imagery is superb. Just due to personal associations with the subject matter, I didn't enjoy it as much as the other stories by Karen Russell.
Read in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015A young couple decide to escape to the south-western United States on their first date. While visiting Joshua Tree National Park one of them becomes host to their airborne method of reproduction.I like that this story has a real world setting that I have seen and visited myself. Makes me think twice about stopping and smelling the flowers.
WELCOME TO DECEMBER PROJECT!last year, i carved out my own short story advent calendar as my project for december, and it was so much fun i decided to do it again this year! so, each day during the month of december, i will be reading a short story and doing the barest minimum of a review because ain't no one got time for that and i'm already so far behind in all the things. however, i will be posting story links in case anyone wants to read the stories themselves and show off how maybe someone
Calmly, he becomes aware that the girl he loves has exited the room. Usually, when this sensation comes over him, it means she's fallen asleep. Tonight she is sitting up in bed, eyes bright, very wide awake. Her eyes in most lighting are hazel; tonight they are the brightest green. As if great doors had been flung open onto an empty and electrically lit room.This is an unsettling story of a young woman who, while walking through Joshua Tree National Park, pricks her finger on a Joshua tree and b...
Okay, it's kind of a cheat to count this towards my "book count" for the year, but I will because I reread a book that GoodReads won't count in this year without removing it from the first year that I read it. Also, it IS a complete work by the author. Now that I'm done with the self-justification, I really enjoyed this short short because it not only has significant scenes at Joshua Tree National Park, but also drops in stops at the Joshua Tree Saloon and Pappy and Harriets. I'll take it as a c...
The imagery, rich descriptions, and engrossingly disturbing plot of this compact, slice of life with a twist tale held my attention. I admire how a story-teller can take a seemingly innocent moment in time for the protagonists and blow it up by a simple action; in this case a finger prick by a cactus.
Sucked me into its world for a bit there.Felt a bit like Hunter S. Thompson, but not so dialed to 11, and a bit like Stephen King, but outside of his element and with a more poetic style. Great example of one sort of 'mythic realism' I'm just starting to clumsily grok.
Now I've got to visit Joshua Tree Natl pk
