Book review: Odds and Ends: An Assortment of Sorts

Odds and Ends is a hard nook to fit into any category or genre, and is composed as a collection of flash fiction pieces. For me, short story collections are a hard sell, but flash fiction isn’t really the same animal.

If I have any complaints, it’s that a lot of the scenes feel like something cut out of a longer story. They give just enough to establish a scene, but leave me guessing at what might come before or after the brief glimpses.

But the writer’s style makes each of these snippets compelling, and I wouldn’t care what happens next if not for the engaging way the narrators of each piece pick at my curiosity. Many of the works are dark, but nothing comes across as being done for shock value. So for me, this is a great collection that’s a fast read, perfect for picking up when you’re in a rush and just want a quick reading fix.

I give Odd and Ends: An Assortment of Sorts four stars and recommend it to anyone interesting in well written dark flash fiction. And if that isn’t enough to interest you, you can get the collection for free from the Raw Dog Screaming Press site in mobi, epub, or PDF.