Strange Medicine – Weird and wonderful stories for all that ails you
written by Mike Russell, published by Strange Books
genre novel-fiction, 141 pages

I picked this book up because…
When Stange Books contacted me whether I’d be interested in reviewing one of their books, I felt quite honoured and absolutely curious. Not having heard of Strange Books before, my first thought was that a publisher with such a remarkable name could only publish books that are well … kind of strange. It turns out that my first impression was absolutely right; Strange Medicine is a book filled with crazy, funny and very peculiar stories.

The story in short
Strange Medicine is a collection of 8 surreal and funny short stories. Although most of the stories start off quite normal, soon craziness kicks in and reality gets turned upside down. Because of the dreamlike storylines filled with odd characters and extraordinary circumstances, I more than once felt like Alice in Wonderland while reading the stories.

If I have to…