so-soA short story.
A man gets “stolen” by a literal “story monster” then—like a Sleeping Beauty—wakes to an unfamiliar world one hundred years later.
Reminiscent of the Annihilation lighthouse keeper, especially through the MC's connection with language. Prettily written. But it‘s too vague and metaphorically disconnected to truly enjoy.
A story flows somewhere under there, but the waters are muddy.
3/5
panUm, what?
Surrealist nightmare? Fever dream? Body horror? Alien invasion? Bad LSD trip? Reincarnation? Metamorphosis? Analogy for the writing process? Pretentious stream of consciousness?
I don't - I appreciate this was published electronically without Digital Rights Management, that's a big deal, but I cannot reliably say this was actually a novella.
panThis one was just too weird for me. I think there was supposed to be a larger point, but it went over my head
"Nor did I worry about much else, and I floated in the glistening, green water, staring up at the sky, which sagged so close and was not yet full of stars, but only the ghosts of stars or a haunting of everything that was not star, so that by the lack I might think of the word "star.""
pickSurreal, strange, and terrifying. Vikas Adam's performance as narrator is outstanding. This is the kind of story that doesn't get old; endless nuance for your mind to explore.
so-soI just blasted through this story. It was okay, but it was very similar a story that I read in Suicide Woods earlier this year that I think liked better. This cover is perfection though.
This World Is Full of Monsters: A Tor.com Original | 
