yet another "City" review

[realthog]

Golly! Thanks to those kindly folk at Google Alerts, I discover that yet another highly favourable review of The City in These Pages has appeared, this time done by Kent Knopp-Schwyn for Hellnotes. What adds an extra frisson to my customary astonished, somewhat incredulous delight on receiving a nice review is that, with the book having been published quite a while ago (just before the turn of the year), I'd assumed all the reviews it was going to get were those that had appeared by the end of February or so. This little flurry over the past few days has been a joyous surprise!

Anyway, here are some representative extracts from what would be better quoted in full except that it's a medium-length piece:

John Grant has penned an amazing tale that stands proud alongside all the 87th Precinct stories. [. . .] replete with snappy dialogue and sharp repartee [. . .] As this is a PS Publication, the reader constantly expects something new or fantastic around every corner or that the tale takes place on a far-flung world set in some strange new universe. Instead, Mr. Grant provides just enough detail to keep the reader off balance continually guessing as to where and when the story actually takes place. [. . .] Make no mistake; this is a very brisk and enjoyable read -- effective on many different levels.

In other news, I've finished the first short story I've written for a while; surprisingly, it's only about 3000 words long rather than my usual rock-bottom minimum of 7000ish. Practically yer bleeding flash fiction, innit?

Comments

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

Definitely a good thing.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Hm. The new review or the shortness of the story?

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

One definitely, both, possibly. Shorter stories are often easier to sell.