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Enigma, by Lloyd A. Meeker
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By Lloyd A. Meeker
4 stars
A short story published for (and rejected by) an anthology, picked up by a publisher as a stand-alone…and worth it. Meeker is a good writer, who expresses authentic human emotion in what he writes.
What do I love about this story? The main character is gay and over 50. He’s not in love, and he’s not despondent, but he has a past and he carries regrets from that past. But he’s content. He’s even happy.
He’s also an empath, and gets embroiled in a very ugly (but bloodless) case that involves a terribly dysfunctional, rigidly Christian evangelical family.
A modest tale of regret and redemption. According to the author, it was never meant to be the start of anything—and yet it has sired a sequel, which I’m reading now. Russ Morgan is a man I want to get to know a lot better.