raluca comanelea's Reviews > After Dinner Conversation - Season Three: After Dinner Conversation Short Story Series

This Third Anthology of After Dinner Conversation brings to the table a compilation of stories whose philosophical ideas examine the palpable grounds of earthly understanding. The vortex of space captures individuals with a life force hard to parallel. Embracing new world orders which transcend linear time, present space, and known matter, this is what the stories give. Mars has been colonized and intergalactic laws govern deos and sapiens species. Twelve bikes were stolen 5000 years ago and punishment is framed as eternal. A Father reincarnates people while animals are reborn as humans with the help of a contaminated soup made with organic matter from deceased ones. There exists a library which holds all memories together in a world that no longer needs electrical engineers. The internal mind of one twin is hardwired by repeated habit and speech to impersonate his evil half. The cloning process is redefined: with blastocysts we witness the growth of a new heart. Space colonies require membership in order to enter and getting tested for gay markers becomes a prerequisite. The capturing and minute analysis of human dreams have catapulted us to finding cures for all mental afflictions. These extraordinary discoveries transcend all designations of practical sense as it is presently defined by humans and await readers in an ecstatic dance of intertwined stories, each retaining its own magic.