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Joanna
The author does a really nice job reading his own stories. He reads fairly fast - for many audiobooks I use the feature on my mp3 player to speed up the sound by about 20%, but I did not use that for this recording. These stories were fun, unusual, and thought-provoking. I hadn't read anything else by this author, or even really heard of him, before this collection was selected as a Group Read for a book challenge.

"Victory Lap" was a truly creepy and compelling story of an attempted kidnapping.
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Lisa
Short stories are not something that I seek out often but for Books on the Nightstand summer Bingo I will give a new (to me)author a try. The first 5 stories of the book are all I need to finish the "read 10 short stories" square. If I continue with the book after that I must be hooked.... (To be continued) ...more
Jeannine J9
Apr 05, 2014 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
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No words can describe how completely weird, strange and f'ed up this book was. ...more
Dana
Jan 10, 2015 rated it liked it
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While I respect these stories as well written, with some interesting comments on humanity and where we're heading looking toward the future, I got annoyed with them. Too weird, too repetitive. I admit I still have a few more stories to read but they're going to have to wait until summer. ...more
Kennedy
Dec 03, 2013 marked it as to-read
Julia
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Elizabeth
Apr 05, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Jamie Ross
Jan 04, 2014 marked it as to-read
Alexandra
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Lorna
Feb 04, 2014 rated it it was amazing
Kari
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Evie
Apr 11, 2015 rated it liked it
Daphne
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Meredith
Dec 30, 2015 marked it as to-read
Kris Springer
Feb 19, 2016 marked it as to-read
Rhiannon
Jul 30, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Lucy
Sep 04, 2017 rated it really liked it
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Cari
Aug 06, 2018 rated it really liked it
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Sara
Oct 22, 2018 rated it liked it
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Molly
Mar 06, 2020 rated it liked it
Amy Crehore
Apr 04, 2019 rated it it was amazing
Barbara
May 27, 2020 rated it it was ok
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Emilie
Nov 11, 2020 rated it liked it
Elizabeth
May 31, 2022 marked it as to-read
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Katie
Feb 06, 2025 rated it really liked it
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