[Book Review] Nothing is Strange by Mike Russell

Originally posted on Ann Reads Them:
Title: Nothing is Strange Author: Mike Russell Genre: Fiction, short stories, surrealism Where I got the book: I received a free e-copy from the author in exchange for an honest review. My rating: ★★★★☆ Summary: A couple wants to prove that their love is real. A man clones himself. An audience waits patiently for a woman to escape a locked wooden crate. A man shows off his beard of transparent bees. These are just a few of the 20 short stories included in this bizarre, mind-expanding collection. “I think that maybe we only cry because we don’t understand… Continue reading [Book Review] Nothing is Strange by Mike Russell

All You Zombies

Time travel makes my brain go “eek.” This is a compliment. Not many things make my brain do back flips and somersaults. Time travel is an impossible concept I cannot understand because it is inherently incomprehensible. Therefore, I love it. This review contains spoilers, so if you’ve never read this, you might want to stop now and […] via ALL YOU ZOMBIES, ROBERT HEINLEIN — SERENDIPITY Continue reading All You Zombies

Strange Medicine by Mike Russell – Book Review

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Strange Medicine by Mike Russell Published by Strange Books, 2016 Format: e-book ISBN: 10:1522945385 Available on Amazon Honest review given in exchange for book ? An interesting and strange collection of short stories. As a reader I love it when a book tries to be inventive when telling a story. Strange Medicine is like a collection of strange lucid dreams which never quite make complete sense. However, beneath the magic realism and metaphor there are some deep philosophical moments in each short story. The stories feel like they are trying to deal with human emotion or… Continue reading Strange Medicine by Mike Russell – Book Review

Strange Medicine – Mike Russell

Title: Strange Medicine Author: Mike Russell Favourite Story: Flock ‘We recommend the following prescription: Strange Medicine – weird and wonderful stories for all that ails you. Strange Medicine is a fantastic collection of extraordinary tales of transformation by UK weird-fiction author Mike Russell. If you love the strange, surreal and unusual or if you are just looking for something different, Strange Medicine is for you.’ Review: First things first, I just want to say how much I LOVED this book. I’m so happy that I got the pleasure to read it. Since discovering the work of Neil Gaimen I have been on the… Continue reading Strange Medicine – Mike Russell

Nothing is Strange – A Review

Originally posted on The Geeky Yogi:
“My life appeared strange because it was one way and not another. Only if it had been every possibility at once would it have not appeared strange. And that is what I am now: every possibility at once. And nothing is strange.” Nothing is Strange? Lies…everything is strange…well in regards to this book anyway. Nothing is Strange is a collection of short stories, written by Mike Russell, the collection progresses in its strangeness with each additional story. Through twenty different tales, the reader is graced with unique, unusual ideas and characters that drive you… Continue reading Nothing is Strange – A Review