100 Jolts.100 Jolts Michael A. Arnzen Raw Dog Screaming Press Raw Dog Screaming Press is a small press based in Hyattsville, Maryland that publishes novels and collections of short fiction and poetry. RDSP specializes in a range of speculative genres, including Bizarro fiction, science fiction, fantasy, horror, avant-pop, postmodernism, 5103 72nd Place Landover Hills, MD 20784 www.rawdogscreamingpress.com ISBN ISBN abbr. International Standard Book Number ISBN International Standard Book Number ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 0974503126 $12.95 203 pp. 100 Jolts by famed flash fiction author Michael Arnzen, takes every day ideas and meshes them into a condensed con·dense v. con·densed, con·dens·ing, con·dens·es v.tr. 1. To reduce the volume or compass of. 2. To make more concise; abridge or shorten. 3. Physics a. , obscure, delightfully deranged de·range tr.v. de·ranged, de·rang·ing, de·rang·es 1. To disturb the order or arrangement of. 2. To upset the normal condition or functioning of. 3. To disturb mentally; make insane. view, with all the makings of a winning combination. Forget short and sweet, think intelligently formatted for your reading pleasure, where each word counts, delivers a potent image, and leaves you disturbed for weeks. Right before the first jolt, we get a glimpse into the author's influences and thoughts on creative dark authors such as Poe. It's an interesting set up to allows the reader a chance to get up close and personal. What follows is one tale after another, where you have to laugh, cringe, blink, and remember to breathe. There's no way to pick favorites from such a large collection, each story affected me in one-way or another--whether I wanted it to or not. From the Five Mean Machines stories to Nightmare Jobs, you can devour this as an elaborately coursed meal, or nibble on it one morsel mor·sel n. 1. A small piece of food. 2. A tasty delicacy; a tidbit. 3. A small amount; a piece: a morsel of gossip. 4. at a time. "Skull Fragments" starts us off, deservedly so, and leaves a lasting impression. Probably the most amusing is "The Cow Cafe," which makes me thankful I don't do "I Don't Do" was the debut single by glamour model Michelle Marsh, released on 6 November 2006. The single reached 27 in the UK in its first week, selling only 9,000 copies and over 16,000 copies as of January 2007. The single spend a total of four weeks in the Top 75. dairy. "Who Wants to be a Killionaire" is a fantastic knock off of the once famous game show, and "Mother's Haunted Housecoat" was in short, twisted. Other stories that I may need counseling over include "Tassels," a new kind of graduation, "Take Out," with its man-made pizzas, and "Stabbing for Dummies," which could be considered somewhat educational. After regaining your composure, the book finishes with an in-depth interview between Michael Arnzen and Jerry Schatz on writing flash fiction, and how he has made a niche for himself. While many people assume flash fiction is just taking a story and editing it to death, there is actually an art to it, and not as easy as it seems. Take a stab at 100 Jolts, and let his mind electrify e·lec·tri·fy tr.v. e·lec·tri·fied, e·lec·tri·fy·ing, e·lec·tri·fies 1. To produce electric charge on or in (a conductor). 2. a. you. Nancy Jackson, Reviewer www.nancyajackson.com |
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