“Character studies, dystopian tales, and commentary on modern society… Alistair Moore has curated this collection beautifully” — Catherine Beeman, Reedsy Discovery
Power-mad dictators, desperate prisoners, talking body parts, puffed-up authority figures getting their comeuppance, shady psychotherapists – from the absurd to the satirical to the poignant, this collection runs the gamut.
The first of the eight stories is Kickoff, a short flash fiction narration about a protest spilling over into violence, later adapted into an award-winning short film (UK Film Festival Best British Short 2013, London Sundance top 5 runner up) directed by Zoran Trajkovic.
This collection mixes various styles, from the dark humour and surrealism of LM039, in which a narcissistic researcher tries to get a lab monkey to speak, to the satire of Save the Future, in which a spiritual guru clashes very publicly with a scientist. The Box is a moving memoir of a First World War veteran reflecting on his life in his final years. In A Better Place a downtrodden office worker with a crush on a colleague is plagued by alarming hallucinations.
The print version is a elegant pocket sized mini-paperback, ideal for reading on the move. Also available digitally. Available now from Amazon on Kindle and Paperback.