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I think the term "beach read" is usually equated with fluffy books that can be managed on a hangover with the sun blazing your face off. Well, I prefer to read books that blaze my face off, and that is precisely what happened with "Some Possible Solutions" by Helen Phillips this weekend. This was my Leggi tutto

This eccentric collection of dystopian speculative fiction stories encompasses the myriad anxieties that accompany modern womanhood—from having a baby to attending a dinner party to caring for a sick relative. The characters in Phillips' stories range from suburban moms to futuristic prostitutes, an Leggi tutto

After my experience with The Beautiful Bureaucrat last year, I was extremely excited to see that author Helen Phillips would release a collection of short stories this year; not only am I a fan of her work, but I am also a big fan of well-written short stories. Had I not already been acquainted with Leggi tutto

The Good: The author has a huge imagination, and she’s absolutely fearless when it comes to writing. These stories are bizarre. They push boundaries. They demand that you use your brain. The characters live in worlds that are similar to ours, but just different enough to make the reader feel unsettl Leggi tutto

Some Possible Solutions is a collection of 18 short stories that are strange and unsettling. They often slip into a dystopian world. This is a difficult book to review because some stories really went over my hear while I really loved some others. 'The Knowers' was a chilling read in which a woman

проза гелен філліпс дивна і сновидна. так, ніби вона змістила межі цього світу на якихось півметра: історії впізнавані, емоції близькі, образи знайомі – а все-таки контури розмиті, як у димці, та нетривкі, ніби у старих дзеркалах. авторка добре знається на цьому відчутті. у збірці є оповідання про д Leggi tutto