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N: Volume Three by April M. Cote, A. Lynn Blumer, Troy Graham, Nate D. Meadows, Jaymie Depew
kingjason's review
5.0
This is an amazing collection by five different writers, it is very raw and emotional, and they all open their heart to you. Each writer is strong and not one fades into the background.
The collection is opened with a brutal short story by A.Lynn Blumer. It's about a drifter that rents a room, he has a chequered past but none of that is shared with the reader, you know as much as the other characters. It is one of those stories that builds up the tension until the very good climatic ending.
Next up is April M. Cote, and boy is she good! Such powerful poetry, two stand out poems here are "A Mother's Love" I got my wife to read that one and she agrees it is 100% accurate. Then we have "Hope" a contender for the best poem I'll read this year:
Hope
I have no hope for the human race
No way in hell we deserve this place
Humans take everything good and pure
And then destroy it, make it disappear
Ruining everything that is ever real
Replacing it with concrete and steel
Slicing each other as they cut down trees
Laughing at nature down on its knees
This cannot be what we were meant to be
Only sowing more and more misery
Something, anything has to give
Because this is the only place we have to live.
Next up is Jaymie Depew with some very angry writing, I have made note of how to treat those serving you when you dine out.
Troy Graham supplies some dark lonely stories and poems. "My Dear Friend" was a lovely poem, very moving.
The book ends with some stories by Nate D. Meadows. The highlight of his was "The Grove (Jane Says)" I was blown away by this, stunning writing and the best thing in the book.
I highly recommend giving this a read, you won't be disappointed.
Blog review is here> https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/n-volume-three-by-a-lynn-blumer-and-others/
The collection is opened with a brutal short story by A.Lynn Blumer. It's about a drifter that rents a room, he has a chequered past but none of that is shared with the reader, you know as much as the other characters. It is one of those stories that builds up the tension until the very good climatic ending.
Next up is April M. Cote, and boy is she good! Such powerful poetry, two stand out poems here are "A Mother's Love" I got my wife to read that one and she agrees it is 100% accurate. Then we have "Hope" a contender for the best poem I'll read this year:
Hope
I have no hope for the human race
No way in hell we deserve this place
Humans take everything good and pure
And then destroy it, make it disappear
Ruining everything that is ever real
Replacing it with concrete and steel
Slicing each other as they cut down trees
Laughing at nature down on its knees
This cannot be what we were meant to be
Only sowing more and more misery
Something, anything has to give
Because this is the only place we have to live.
Next up is Jaymie Depew with some very angry writing, I have made note of how to treat those serving you when you dine out.
Troy Graham supplies some dark lonely stories and poems. "My Dear Friend" was a lovely poem, very moving.
The book ends with some stories by Nate D. Meadows. The highlight of his was "The Grove (Jane Says)" I was blown away by this, stunning writing and the best thing in the book.
I highly recommend giving this a read, you won't be disappointed.
Blog review is here> https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/n-volume-three-by-a-lynn-blumer-and-others/
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