A review by aoutrance
Praying Drunk by Kyle Minor
3.0
A solid 3 stars.
"A: Maybe the biggest fiction I want to create is that it all matters. It matters so much. It matters and matters."
It was fun to pick out how the stories all fit together, based on characters or events or even just a throwaway line. Some were better than others; "The Truth And All Its Ugly" is a stand-out for me. It has a realistic look at the life of the average poor person in Appalachia (where you "take your medicine through your nose...") that quickly veers into a surreal, Black Mirror-esque universe where you can replicate loved ones if they've died.
"A: Maybe the biggest fiction I want to create is that it all matters. It matters so much. It matters and matters."
It was fun to pick out how the stories all fit together, based on characters or events or even just a throwaway line. Some were better than others; "The Truth And All Its Ugly" is a stand-out for me. It has a realistic look at the life of the average poor person in Appalachia (where you "take your medicine through your nose...") that quickly veers into a surreal, Black Mirror-esque universe where you can replicate loved ones if they've died.