{"id":8091,"date":"2025-01-08T22:11:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/%f0%9f%93%9a10-well-written-shortstories-terrytyler4-reviews-scifi-tales-of-the-forthcoming-by-steven-blows-for-rosies-bookreview-team-rbrt-booktwitter-booktwt\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T22:11:54","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T22:11:54","slug":"%f0%9f%93%9a10-well-written-shortstories-terrytyler4-reviews-scifi-tales-of-the-forthcoming-by-steven-blows-for-rosies-bookreview-team-rbrt-booktwitter-booktwt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=8091","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcda\u201910 well-written #ShortStories\u2019 @TerryTyler4 Reviews #SciFi Tales of The Forthcoming by Steven Blows for Rosie\u2019s #BookReview Team #RBRT #BookTwitter #booktwt"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Today\u2019s team review is from Terry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Terry has been reading Tales of The Forthcoming by Steven Blows.<\/strong><\/p>\n

4 out of 5 stars<\/p>\n

At 98 pages, this is a book of 10 well-written short stories that I recommend for a couple of hours of enjoyable reading, if imaginative science fiction mixed with fantasy\/supernatural is your thing.\u00a0 As I went on, I noticed how refined the characterisation is, something I appreciated very much; the ability to create characters that reveal themselves straight away shows talent indeed.<\/p>\n

The stand-out story for me was\u00a0A Time After Time<\/em>, in which Jorge becomes increasingly sceptical and worried about a world-changing event eagerly anticipated by almost everyone except him.\u00a0 I was completely immersed in the atmosphere of this one.<\/p>\n

Other highlights were the very funny\u00a0Possibilities<\/em>, with its excellent final sentence that made me laugh out loud, and\u00a0Unbeknownst:<\/em>\u00a0three ghosts show a troubled young woman that she has so much life yet to live.<\/p>\n

I also enjoyed reading\u00a0Highway 72<\/em>, in which a young traveller fails to listen to a warning from one who knows better.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s\u00a0Delayed Departure,\u00a0<\/em>about a man in a hurry at a railway station in a \u2018theme park in space\u2019 and the amusing\u00a0Family Dinner\u00a0&\u00a0Troubling Times<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 a young human male meets his alien girlfriend\u2019s family for the first time, though these two could have done with more satisfying conclusions.\u00a0 On the whole, though, I\u2019d say they\u2019re all good.\u00a0 The author has a habit of writing a clause as a new sentence (\u2018Snow covers the ground in a smooth sheet of white.\u00a0 Anything underneath it hidden from sight<\/em>\u2018), but that\u2019s something a professional editor could soon nip in the bud \u2013 I\u2019d be most happy to read anything else he writes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Book Description:<\/p>\n

It is impossible for anyone to know what the future will bring or even what is lurking behind the next corner, but it is possible to wonder, to question, to imagine. Have you ever imagined?<\/em><\/p>\n

Machines with science beyond compare, intergalactic relics possessing unlimited power, creatures of nightmares, troubling family dinners, and more are included in this enthralling anthology of the awe-inspiring, the wonderous and the bone-chilling. Examining topics of greed, love, and fate, there are stories designed to make your heart race, others designed to melt it.<\/p>\n

Possible futures and the horrors of today,\u00a0Tales of the Forthcoming<\/em>\u00a0is a collection of ten short stories like no other.
So make a cuppa, sit back, and forget the world for a short while as you dive into a world of make-believe where imagination rules.<\/p>\n

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