another yummy review for Clockwork Phoenix

[realthog]

It''s here, and the important bits are these:

My absolute favorites of the book are Grant's, Brennan's, Singh's, and Hoffman's

and

"All the Little Gods We Are"
by John Grant

Now this was a lovely little piece. Not only did it appeal to my fascination with parallel worlds and realities, but it also appealed to my sense of soulmates and what it means to have a soulmate and what it means to have lost one. I should've known there was something up while we got the tale of Jusjohn and how while they were permanent fixtures in each other's lives, they never slept together, never made love. I never saw the rather Fight Club-esque twist coming, which made me love it all the more. Lovely little piece, full of sadness and hope. Sadness for the narrator in the here and now, and hope perhaps in the idea that for all the choices we've made and regret, perhaps, somehow in another reality, we made the right one all along.

Not that, you understand, I'm vain or anything.

Comments

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Vanity schmanity, this makes me want to read the story.

Love, C.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Why, thanks!

xx

[charlesatan.livejournal.com]

It's a great story. =)

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, C!

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

I'd be intersted to hear what you think of it, F.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

You would?

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Yep!

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Well, I've ordered the book.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Good fellow! There's lots of good stuff in it.

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I don't think that my wife would agree.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"I don't think that my wife would agree."

Not into the literature of the fantastic, is she?

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

Not into the spending of money in these times.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Y'know, you're lucky!

[fledgist.livejournal.com]

I am, I suppose.

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

Great review! Can't wait to read the story now. Hugs and confetti, Jean Marie

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Thanks, JM!

[ogre-san.livejournal.com]

We like good reviews.

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Don't we all!

[camies.livejournal.com]

Now I want to read this, and submit a story for the next one (closing date mid-Nov).

[realthog.livejournal.com]

Good luck if you do! Mike and Norilana Books are both great to work with.

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

Very nice! And I mean this sincerely, even though you called me a sarcastic swine yesterday. *sniffle*

[realthog.livejournal.com]

"even though you called me a sarcastic swine yesterday"

I just couldn't think of anything worse to call you on the spur of the moment.

[sarcobatus.livejournal.com]

That was pretty good. I got a laugh out of it. :D