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Synopsis
In this collection of fifteen curious and delightful short stories by S. K. Kruse, you never know who you're going to meet or where you're going to end up. You can be certain, however, that whether you follow Schrödinger's cat into the zeroth dimension or have drinks with a woman who's seen Gertrude Stein in the condensation on her window, you'll find yourself smack dab in the middle of some befuddling predicament of existence. Using humor and horror, satire and allegory, fabulism and realism, Tales from the Liminal takes you for an extraordinary ride, submerging you in spaces where anything is possible, especially transformation. "... a breed of storytelling that encases an entire cosmos within a compact form, with prose that pulses with life, with tableaus that transfix the imagination with glimmers of divine order in an emotionally turbulent landscape ..." - Timothy Cech, fiction editor, Reed Magazine
Is Tales From the Liminal appropriate for my child?
Suitable for most readers 16 and up.
This literary short story collection uses humor, horror, and surrealism to explore existential themes and transformation. Content includes philosophical concepts and potentially unsettling surreal situations but no graphic content.
What to know going in
This book has mild violence, no sexual content, and mild language.
Who'll love this
Readers who enjoy mind-bending, surreal stories that challenge perceptions of reality will find these tales intriguing and thought-provoking.