January 30, 2025 · 1:00 am

Winter Gloom: A Review of The Revenge

Book cover for The Revenge by Benjamin Parsons. Image on cover shows a black and white drawing of a pale-skinned and possibly white woman who has long, black dreadlocks that would drag on the floor if she’d let it do so. She is snarling and looking just up to the right of the viewer. She’s holding a folded-up rope in her left hand and some sort of weapon in her right hand. I shuddered when I looked at her. Very intimidating! Title: The Revenge

Author: Benjamin Parsons

Publisher: Self-Published

Publication Date: March 20, 2023

Genres: Horror, Paranormal

Length: 32 pages

Source: I received a free copy from the author

Rating: 4 stars

Blurb:

Who haunts the third floor of that shabby seaside hotel – and why? Do the dead thirst for revenge? And if they do – can they ever be satisfied?
In a run-down seaside hotel out of season, a ghost is seen haunting the third floor – a tempting treat for any idle supernatural enthusiast. But what drives the spirit to stalk through the night? What sort of tragedy has brought it back from the dead, hell-bent on revenge? Part of the collection The Green Lady and Other Stories.

Content Warning:

Review:

Gloomy days are perfect for a haunting.

The skeptical tone of this tale was one of my favorite things about it. The protagonist was intrigued by the rumours of a haunting that were being passed around the hotel, but he also had some understandable suspicions about what was going on. No, I’m not going to spoil anything by sharing whether or not his questions were valid or what various people might have actually witnessed. You’ll have to read this for yourself if you’d like to form your own opinions. What I can say is that it’s refreshing to read a ghost story – or maybe a “ghost” story – written about a character who think critically and doesn’t take much at face value.

While I believe I understand the chilling point the author was making, it would have been helpful to have more time to digest and comprehend the ending. Suddenly dropping off like that made me wonder if I’d missed something earlier. After reflecting upon it, I wonder if this was done intentionally to help the reader feel just as shocked as the narrator did, but I would have liked to have some confirmation that this was the impression I was supposed to walk away with. Understanding a storyteller’s perspective is so important, after all.

With that being said, I loved the way this piece captured the monotony of winter. Even though it was technically set in October, the dark, cloudy skies had already formed over the beach and seaside hotel. This could have easily occurred in January instead and it would have had the same damp and dark tone to it when every day like the one before it and there are months to go before its warm and sunny outside again.

I am hoping to review more of Mr. Parsons work in the future, so stay tuned.

The Revenge expects some audience participation…and I think that’s a good thing!

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January 29, 2025 · 1:00 am

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Book Quotes That Make Me Think

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A lightbulb is lying on a blackboard. Someone has drawing a chalk thought bubble around the lightbulb as if the thinker is just about to have a brilliant thought. 1. “Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.”

 – Barack Obama

 

2. “Cynics are simply thwarted romantics.”

― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

 

3. “Sometimes, as we’re stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good.”

― Susan Ee, Angelfall

 

4. “People aren’t born with kindness, it grows with them…”

― Natsuki Takaya

 

5. “If you didn’t grow up like I did then you don’t know, and if you don’t know it’s probably better you don’t judge.”

― Junot Díaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

 

6. “There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”
― Erma Bombeck

 

7. “Grown ups are complicated creatures, full of quirks and secrets.”
― Roald Dahl

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January 28, 2025 · 1:00 am

Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2024


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Closeup photo of a teal teacup filled with steaming hot tea. The inside of the cup is white which I think is a poor choice for such a staining liquid. There is a thin slice of lemon floating in the tea and a spoon resting in the tea as well. A little sugar must have just been mixed in. You can see steam lifting from the tea, so it still must be pretty hot! Behind the teacup it is dark and not much can be seen other than the gentle little handle of the cup that curves gracefully out so that one or two fingers can lift it. Go grab a cup of tea if you’d like to and let’s chat. I know I sure enjoy tea when the weather grows so cold and snowy at the end of January where I live.

Every year I expand upon this new-to-me author topic by also mentioning which book I read from the new authors on this list and if I’d be interested in reading more from them.

In my opinion, these details make this prompt more interesting.

 

1. Author’s Name: Alan Bennett

What I Read From Them: The Lady in the Van

Would I Read More From Them: Yes. I like his descriptive writing style and dry sense of humour.

 

2. Author’s Name: Marion McKinnon Crook

What I Read From Them: Always Pack a Candle: A Nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin

Would I Read More From Them: Probably not. The author didn’t include enough details about her patients and coworkers for me to easily remember who was who or develop a reader’s bonds with any of the folks she knew. I know this was done to protect their privacy as she was talking about real people (or amalgamations of multiple real people into one character in a few cases).  With that being said, this sparse writing style did negatively affect my interest in her work.

 

3. Author’s Name: Antonia Hylton

What I Read From Them: Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum

Would I Read More From Them: Absolutely. This found an excellent balance between protecting patient privacy and giving readers enough information to connect with the people I read about.

 

4.  Author’s Name: Ben Farthing 

What I Read From Them:I Found A Circus Tent In the Woods Behind My House and I Found Puppets Living In My Apartment Walls

Would I Read More From Them: Probably. His work is creative but doesn’t always follow through on the execution of certain plot twists that logically should have happened. With that being said, I think I’d be amused enough to overlook that if his next premise is as attention-grabbing as these two were.

 

 

5.  Author’s Name: John Connell

What I Read From Them: The Lambing Season: Stories of Life on an Irish Family Farm

Would I Read More From Them: Never. The blurb did not match what the author ended up writing about. I thought it would be a gentle tale of what it’s like to raise sheep when it was actually about the author’s religious beliefs. (People who avoid reading blurbs and who like it when the inspirational genre suddenly inserts itself into a farming memoir might enjoy this one, though!)

 

 

6.  Author’s Name: Gavin Pretor-Pinney and William Grill

What I Read From Them: Cloudspotting for Beginners

Would I Read More From Them: Yes. It was like a picture book for adults because it showed drawing of the dozens of different types of clouds which was cool and educational.

 

7.  Author’s Name: Chloe Dalton

What I Read From Them: Raising Hare

Would I Read More From Them: Yes, but I’d want the author to explain why she didn’t bother to google simple facts about lagomorphs like how much they love to chew on things and how much they hate being picked up in most cases. Her experiencing raising a hare would have been much easier if she had asked a few people who had pet rabbits for some tips. The two species are similar enough for that to be helpful, I think.

 

8.  Author’s Name: Liz Berry

What I Read From Them: The Home Child

Would I Read More From Them: Yes. This ended so abruptly that I’d love to hear more about the protagonist’s life as a young adult.

 

9.  Author’s Name: Natalie Naudus

What I Read From Them: Gay the Pray Away

Would I Read More From Them: Maybe? The writing was well done, but it’s rare for me to read much young adult fiction these days. If she wrote fiction for adults, I’d read more from her for sure.

 

10. Author’s Name: Jody Cooksley

What I Read From Them: The Small Museum

Would I Read More From Them: Unsure. This wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t very memorable for me either. I could see most of the plot twists coming from a mile away which is a problem for the mystery genre for this reader. If she writes something in another genre or if reviewers say this isn’t an issue for her next book, I may give it a shot, though.

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January 23, 2025 · 1:00 am

Never Forgotten: A Review of Four New Ghost Stories

Book cover for Four New Ghost Stories by Nicholas Foster. There’s a lot going on in this image, so bear with me. The central figure in the image looks like how Buddhist monks - or maybe Buddha himself - were drawn in China several hundred years ago. He has very white skin, is sitting cross legged, is wearing a loose,comfortable white robe with blue trim on the collar and sleeves and an orange collar, and is holding his right thumb and index finger in front of his chest as if to steady his thoughts. He has a contemplative expression on his face and his hat repeats the same colour scheme as his robe except that it’s much more blue and has an orange trim on it. Behind him are two orange-brown skinned people who are also sitting cross legged. They are leaning out on either side of him as if to make their presence known to the viewers. They are wearing white robes with a large orange stripe on each one. There is an orange circle painted above the largest figure’s head. It’s not a halo, exactly, but it looks like one. This entire image looks weather beaten as if it’s survived several centuries of changing temperatures before you and I gazed upon it today.

Title: Four New Ghost Stories

Author: Nicholas Foster

Publisher: Self-Published

Publication Date: October 25, 2024

Genres: Paranormal, Horror, Historical

Length: 59 pages

Source: I received a free copy from the author.

Rating: 3 Stars

Blurb:

Ghost stories more thoughtful than violent but where the past can meet the present in a sharp, sharp shock. Ghost stories for historians and ghost stories for the curious. These four stories (‘Raising a Ghost’, ‘The Menagerie’, ‘The Yorkshire Painter’ and ‘Acts of Kindness’) are a blend of history and crime where the emphasis is always on the characters and the lives they lead. They are stories as puzzles and stories with an after-life.

Content Warning: The 1918 flu. A human-ape chimera. Alcoholism. I won’t discuss any of these topics in my review.

Review:

A cold, dark winter day is the ideal time for a ghost story.

I love it when a collection is small enough for me to review every tale in it! Let’s dive in immediately.

An old family secret involving marriage was revealed in “Raising a Ghost.” As someone who has discovered a few surprises in her own family tree, I was intrigued by the protagonist’s desire to learn more about the woman in the long blue dress and finally uncover what their grandfather had been hiding for so many years. This felt like nonfiction to me at times because of how many details were left vague and how much work had to be done to discover even the basics about this woman and her life. Often the lives of ordinary people are only recorded in rare records and many of our questions about them must be patiently pursued with no guarantee that one will have them answered.

There’s something romantic about towns that have seen their best days but still trudge forward with a diminished population, and the descriptions of one such place in “The Menagerie” made me wonder what it was like in its heyday when more visitors came to visit the seaside in the summer. I struggled with the lack of detail here, especially when it came to what Giles discovered when his interview was cancelled and he found himself with an extra day to wander around town and explore old wonders that later generations were rapidly forgetting. More information about what was going on would have really helped.

Rachel’s criticisms of the fickle art industry were attention grabbing in “The Yorkshire Painter,” and they provided a memorable framework for discussing the life of a nearly completely forgotten eighteenth century painter named Conderton. I adored the twists in this one and would have happily read a full-length novel on the subject as Rachel shared what we know about this painter and how the art world decides who to celebrate and who to overlook until decades or even centuries after their death.

”Acts of Kindness” explored the life of Bishop Sawley, a kind old man who had served small parishes for decades before retiring at Lambeth House where he carried out occasional advisory duties for the Archbishop but otherwise enjoyed a well-earned retirement now that he was well into his ninth decade of life. When a group of Tibetan monks came to pay Lambeth House a visit, the Bishop’s fortunes suddenly changed. I enjoyed the questions this story brought up about how the past affects the present and how someone should react to the more difficult chapters of the past.

Keep an eye out for possible connections between these tales as you read. That’s all I can say without giving away spoilers, but it was fun to figure such things out.

Four New Ghost Stories was a satisfying read.

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January 22, 2025 · 1:00 am

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Book Quotes That Make Me Laugh

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A Shiba Inu dog who is wearing a pink party hat. the dog’s outstretched panting tongue is the same colour as the hat! Let’s see what I can come up with…

 

1. “The story so far:
In the beginning the Universe was created.
This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.”
― Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

 

2. “Some humans would do anything to see if it was possible to do it. If you put a large switch in some cave somewhere, with a sign on it saying ‘End-of-the-World Switch. PLEASE DO NOT TOUCH’, the paint wouldn’t even have time to dry.”
― Terry Pratchett, Thief of Time

(I once had a dream about finding a utility box that would turn off electricity for the entire world if you turned a certain switch on it. Dream Lydia paused for a moment and then decided to flick that switch to see what happened. Everything did, indeed, go dark! Real Lydia would never do that, though).

 

 

3. “We’ll never survive!”
“Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.”
― William Goldman, The Princess Bride

 

 

4. “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
― Maya Angelou

 

5. “Reality continues to ruin my life.”
― Bill Watterson, The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

 

6. “For some stories, it’s easy. The moral of ‘The Three Bears,’ for instance, is “Never break into someone else’s house.’ The moral of ‘Snow White’ is ‘Never eat apples.’ The moral of World War I is ‘Never assassinate Archduke Ferdinand.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Wide Window

 

7. “Do flat-earthers believe that other planets are also flat?”
― Oliver Markus Malloy, Inside The Mind of an Introvert: Comics, Deep Thoughts and Quotable Quotes

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January 21, 2025 · 1:00 am

Top Ten Tuesday: Library Books I Want to Read That Have Long Waitlists


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A stack of five books sitting on a shelf with their spines to the left out of view of the viewer. A second stack of five slimmer volumes are leaned up against the first stack, and these, too, have spines we can’t read. Their spines are turned toward the white wall. The original theme for this week was “The Ten Most Recent Additions to My Book Collection,” but I’m tweaking it a little.

Here are some library books I want to borrow but have not requested yet due to their long wait times when I was writing this post last month.

We only get to have fifteen ebook holds at a time in my local library system, so I need to be choosy about what I request.

1. Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing by Abigail Thomas

Wait Time: 28 weeks

 

2. Seven Deadly Sins: The Biology of Being Human by Dr. Guy Leschziner

Wait Time: 30 weeks

 

3.The Wildes: A Novel in Five Acts by Louis Bayard

Wait Time: 21 weeks

 

4. The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

Wait Time: 21 weeks

 

5. Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite by Aaron Reeves, Sam Friedman

Wait Time: 20 weeks

 

6. Ghostroots: Stories by ‘Pemi Aguda

Wait Time: 20 weeks

 

7. The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern: A Novel by Lynda Cohen Loigman

Wait Time: 21 weeks

 

8.  Pompeii by Robert Harris

Wait Time: 17 weeks

 

9. Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World by Peter Godfrey-Smith

Wait Time: 18 weeks

 

How long are the wait times at your local library, if you have one?

 

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January 16, 2025 · 1:00 am

A Review of A Divine Tale

Book cover for A Divine Tale by Jonathan Antony Strickland. Image on cover shows a few dozen small snow people that have been built next to each tower. They each look to be about 1-2 feet high. Each snowman has a face made of things like coal or carrots or little rocks, but each face is different from the next. Some look angry while others are worried, surprised, thoughtful, or bored depending on how you interpret the placement of their eyebrows, mouth, eyes, and nose. Title: A Divine Tale

Author: Jonathan Antony Strickland

Publisher: Self-Published

Publication Date: September 8, 2012

Genres: Fantasy, Humour

Length: 13 pages

Source: I received a free copy from the author.

Rating: 3 Stars

Blurb:

This is a story about Seglaman the Snow God, and how other God’s use his sorry tale as a reminder to younger less experienced God’s as a warning to never become too comfortable when ruling over mortals who worship them.

Review:

Kindness matters.

While religion was discussed in this tale, this was not at all what I’d consider the inspirational genre. For one thing, the protagonist was a Snow God who, to be frank, was not the nicest deity around. Mr. Strickland also wasn’t shy about pointing out some of the dangers of blindly following any sort of belief whether it’s religious, political, ideological, or otherwise. My hope is that other readers will be intrigued by this approach to what can be a sensitive topic for some and willing to listen with an open mind regardless of your personal beliefs.

This came across to me as more of the first draft of a story than the finished product. There wasn’t much time spent on character or plot development, and that made it more difficult for me to remain interested in what was happening than I hoped I would be.  A lot was going on here with Seglaman’s relationship with the mortals he ruled over that I wished had been explained in greater detail. As much as I wanted to give this tale a higher rating, I had too many lingering questions to do so.

With that being said, the ending made me smile. It veered off into the direction I was hoping it would head, so I was able to see Seglaman’s reaction to something he never saw coming in advance. My apologies for keeping this vague, but other readers should be pleasantly surprised by those moments like I was. It went a long way in tying up loose ends for a Snow God and the mortals he ruled over alike.

A Divine Tale was thought provoking.

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January 15, 2025 · 1:00 am

Wednesday Weekly Blogging Challenge: Favourite Things to Do in the Winter

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A penguin standing in a patch of sunlight on some snow and stretching out both wings as it looks to the right. Behind it there are deep shadows over the snow. Perhaps it’s next to a mountain or a very large heap of snow that’s casting shadows?To be honest with all of you, the cold, dark days of winter are something I struggle with due to the winter blues.

When I was a kid, I loved building snowmen and going sledding during the winter. This isn’t something I’ve  done much if at all as an adult, but maybe I should someday after getting warmer and more water-resistant outerwear.

These are the sorts of activities I more routinely enjoy during the winter:

  • Watching documentaries with nature-themed ones at the top of my list. Yes, this includes penguins.
  • Doing puzzles and games (sudoku, jigsaw puzzles, solitaire, and the like).
  • Reading much more, especially if I’m recovering from a cold or other illness and must rest.
  • Working ahead on blog posts and other writing stuff.*
  • Taking outdoor walks on milder days (e.g. temperatures above 0 C or 32 Fahrenheit)
  • Taking indoor walks at the mall on cold, snowy, and/or blustery days.
  • Baking and cooking, especially warm and nourishing food like chili or spaghetti.
  • Drinking herbal tea and dairy-free hot chocolate.
  • Exercising at home with yoga, dance, kickboxing or other workouts.
  • Jokingly asking my spouse if they want to celebrate Valentine’s Day this year.**
  • Deep cleaning my home when the weather warms up a tad and I can open the windows briefly.
  • Rewatching favorite films and tv shows. The two tribble episodes from Star Trek are close to the top of my list for rewatches!
  • Watching new episodes of modern shows like Call the Midwife or The Handmaid’s Tale.
  • Catching up gradually on the countless older shows I need to finish like Blackish.
  • Attending free bookish events either virtually or in-person at the library***
  • Visiting coffee shops. To be fair, I do this one all year round.
  • Occasionally visiting local museums if the weather holds. Some museums here even have free nights or other good deals if you’re flexible about when you go!

 

*I schedule some posts months in advance, especially if I know a certain week or month is going to be busy beforehand.

*We prefer to save our special dates nights for other times of the year when restaurants aren’t packed with people. Servers have time to give us more attention that way if needed, and we are also less likely to wait in a long line in the freezing cold or be told they’re out of what we were hoping to order.

**Aren’t libraries the best?

I look forward to seeing what we all have in common!

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January 14, 2025 · 1:00 am

Top Ten Tuesday: Bookish Goals for 2025


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Before I get into the meat of this post, let’s highlight the bookish goals I accomplished for 2024:

  • Visit coffee shops more often.
  • Submit a Top Ten Tuesday theme to Jana that she ends up using (which was a thrill!)
  • Read more novellas and short stories
  • Spend less time on social media
  • Meet more bookish people

Accomplishing five out of my ten goals for 2024 is pretty good, especially considering the rough spots this past year had in store for me that I had no idea were coming when I wrote that post.

A possibly computer-generated drawing of someone leaping between two large rocks after dusk. The rock on the left has 2024 on it, and the rock on the right has 2025 on it in bold black letters that look a little like the Holllywood sign in California. There is a full moon hanging above that lightly illuminates this scene. Here are my goals for 2025. Yes, I’m recycling some of the ones from last year. Might as well keep plugging away at them.

1. Finish more books

I had so many DNFs this past year. It was sometimes hard to concentrate due to the non-bookish aspects of my life that needed extra attention.  I also became much less likely to want to read stories that were unhappy or that reminded me of the various things going on in my life that were hard.

 

2. Read more history

I believe I only finished a handful of nonfiction books in this category last year. It was better than 2023, but so many of the ones I tried to read ended up being too heavy for me.

 

3. Patronize independent bookstores

This was a total failure in 2024. Maybe I’ll have the time and energy for it in 2025?

 

4. Try some new caffeine-free teas

I would have loved to do this one last year, but other stuff got in the way. I hope I will try some great new teas in 2025, though.

 

5. Make more bookish friends

We need a platonic version of OkCupid for bookish people!

 

6.  Attend bookish events (semi?) regularly

This could also help with #5. Maybe I’ll find a covid-safe poetry reading or a book club or something to join.

 

7. Read more books about people with invisible illnesses that don’t make the illness the main storyline. 

If they also have migraines or other pain or neurological disorders, that would be awesome. But other sorts of illnesses would be interesting, too. Basically, I would love to read more stories about characters who outwardly “look” healthy but who are still dealing with an illness or disability of some sort.

Suggestions are warmly welcomed if anyone has any!

 

8. Read or listen to more humorous titles.

There’s nothing like laughing until you cry over a ridiculously funny scene.

 

9. Improve my handwriting

Is that bookish enough for Top Ten Tuesday? I have never had pretty handwriting, but it has gotten worse over the years. Time to buy one of those handwriting books and try to make my writing more legible again. Ha!

 

10. Be pleasantly surprised by one book that’s finally being made into a film or TV show 

Okay, so this isn’t something I can personally make happen…but I would love to be surprised by it regardless.

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January 9, 2025 · 1:00 am

When Wishes Come True: A Review of Grey Goo Ticky Tack

 

Book cover for “Grey Goo Ticky Tack” by C M Weller. Image on cover shows several dozen legos piled up on a white surface. One yellow lego is separated from the rest and has a smiling mouth on it. You know, the sort of upwardly bent line you would see on a smiley face but without the two black dots for eyes. Title: Grey Goo Ticky Tack

Author: C M Weller

Publisher: Self-Published

Publication Date: October 5, 2022

Genres: Science Fiction, LGBTQ+

Length: 10 pages

Source: I received a free copy from the author.

Rating: 5 Stars

Blurb:

They thought they had invented a cure for all the world’s problems. It would mean the end of every source of complaint in society. Unfortunately, they were solving the wrong problem. Solving the people seen as the problem is not solving the problem at all.

Content Warning: Homophobia and ableism.

Review:

Just about everyone wants an easier life, but not everyone is willing or able to pay the cost of one.

The beginning caught me off guard due to how quickly people accepted the solution for all the world’s problems. I was expecting there to be more conflict in this section, but I soon understood why the author wrote it that way and thought their reasons made sense given some later plot twists that revealed more information about what the solution entailed and how it affected those who accepted it.

This feeling popped up again once or twice as I moved into the middle portion of the plot when I would normally expect to see conflicts become more pressing and characters more eager to solve their woes. In a world without problems, things must unfold in more creative ways that don’t always strictly adhere to the storytelling stages we’re all accustomed to. As someone who reads a lot of science fiction and speculative fiction, I applaud anyone who is willing to take these sorts of risks with these genres. It’s exactly what we need to keep both new and longtime fans engaged with the sorts of questions and ideas these genres explore.

What catapulted this tale firmly into five star territory for me was the final few sentences. They cleared up my lingering confusion and provided a plot twist that made me reevaluate everything I’d just learned about these characters and the solution to every one of humanity’s problems. If you are also a little confused earlier on, keep reading. That final scene was fantastic and couldn’t have wrapped everything up together in a more satisfying way.

Grey Goo Ticky Tack was an excellent example of why I love short stories so much.

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