A review by laiinny
The House of Untold Stories: Pocket-Sized Fictions & Fables by Peter Chiykowski

2.0

I want to start off by saying that I think micro-fiction is difficult to do well. I didn't dislike Chiykowski's ability to write these micro-fictions. I do, however, think they would have been better served in a smaller collection. On their own, these are fun stories packing a quick little punch. But read in a collection, the writing and the twists become a bit trite. The voice is very similar for many of them and it soon feels like watching a movie marathon of M. Night Shyamalan's films - the upcoming twist loses its wonder and excitement when you know it's always coming.