James McAdams
Author of Ambushing the Void
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The world created here is recognizable, yet incomplete: a puzzle of jagged pieces written together by an author skilled with the creation of such a world and the language necessary to create it. Characters dip in and out of reality, built from McAdam's unique use of perspective. Humanistic stories are conveyed unconventionally: the romantic partner of a doctor speaking through symptoms presented, drug addiction as told in the number of people lost in the abstract, vacant voice of someone who no longer cares. The writing aches and it moves, breathing as its own entity thanks to the ingenuity of the author.
My only complaint is that these stories feel as though they wish to be more than short stories; that there is a narrative behind them untold that is occasionally not always well condensed into the single scene often required of a short story. However, the characters and skillful mastery of language to create the dicey, alt-reality of the universe contained in Ambushing the Void is a fresh perspective on the "slightly to the left" skew of reality that haunts us all of late. From explorations of addiction to the personification of Alexa herself, this collection contains a slice of contemplative weird for every variety of reader.… (more)