Weight of Worlds –by Alma Alexander
Fiction, Short Stories
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5 Stars
Ms. Alexander publishes several of her short stories in what
she calls "triads" and this collection is a collection of some of
those triads. They range from a god and his marbles to the world as seen
through the point of view of a cat.
There is a feeling of old style fairy tales in this
collection. Although none of the stories have a "happy ever after"
ending (thank heavens!), they all have very satisfying endings, and none are
particularly sad, they are the logical conclusions to the stories being told.
My biggest complaint was there just weren't enough of the
stories!
Ms. Alexander is a marvelous writer, and definitely knows
how to spin a yarn, and she knows just exactly the length it needs to be.
Some may find the introductions at the beginnings of each
book and the stories a bit off-putting, but they are free to skip them and go
right into the story proper. I, however, enjoyed them. (I also love Prologues
and Prefaces and Epilogues. But, then, I also read foot notes.)
They are stories to be read again.
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