A review by tonythep
Show Them a Good Time by Nicole Flattery

4.0

I don’t know what it is exactly, about these stories, but I’ll try to describe it: Nicole Flattery inserts her characters into worlds that are just a little bit off. Or her worlds are inhabited by characters that are just a little bit off. Or perhaps her characters and the worlds they inhabit are all perfectly mundane, and she is able to manipulate words like a sorcerer. She wields ambiguity like a razor. (which sounds like something that shouldn’t be allowed.) She deftly punches delight out of darkness. (better?) She produces my favorite thing ever: absurdity. (I still don’t know what it is, but I love it.)