Review of Malcolm’s Bridge by Loyd Elmore Jr.

Small-town science fiction on a cosmic scale!

Loyd Elmore Jr.’s Malcolm’s Bridge combines a nostalgic return to growing up in the 80s with the awe and dread of the fantastical unknown.

Malcolm Martin, the only black kid in a small town, dreams of Star Trek-like adventures in space as an escape from the everyday cruelties of his life. Everything changes when he finds a mysterious object in his closet that defies all logic. The thing quickly becomes a blessing and a burden, changing his life and perhaps the very state of his existence forever.

I really enjoyed this novel, and read it in record time for me because I couldn’t put it down. I was overwhelmed with memories of my own nerdy childhood in the 70s and 80s and was compelled to read on as the unworldly story unfolded. 

Malcolm’s Bridge reads much like the Sci-fi/ fantasy adventure movies of the ’80s like E.T., The Goonies, Gremlins, and the like, where the mundane world is visited upon by the unimaginable. 

If you’re sitting on the fence, I bade you to cross the bridge, jump right in, and read Malcolm’s Bridge.

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