Short stories. Many with common narrator who finds himself in over his head. Set in Boston, Montana, California and Iran.
Professional Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars Did not want to put it down
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2017
Verified Purchase
One does not passively read Ed Meek's stories because he transports you into the lives of his characters: a couple hoping to adopt, an aged man battling illness, or young adults caught on foreign soil during political unrest. Meek requires participation from his reader, and the payout is great. You'll come away feeling smarter, more aware and intimately touched by the characters who are brought to life through his words.
5.0 out of 5 stars A Fine Collection Reviewed in Japan on May 19, 2017
These stories are written in a clear, straightforward manner, but the characters that inhabit the stories aren’t straightforward. There are glitches, many of which occur midst relationships. So in effect there’s this duality that haunts this intriguing collection of stories by Ed Meek. Everything seems so simple and easy on the surface because of the style of writing, but things are bubbling and it’s the characters—troubles, complications, quirks, and so forth. Thus there is tension, sometimes mild and sometimes intense.
Miriam Kotzin, Editor and Publisher, PerContra and Contributing Editor, Boulevard
"Ed Meek is a writer to be reckoned with . . . One of his protagonists says that he 'like[s] to magnify the conflict and watch the drama because otherwise it's a goddamn bore. Life, I mean.' The reader will find plenty of conflict--external and internal--in these intense perceptive fictions, whether they're set in New England, Montana, or Iran."
'Coruscated Confabulations' is a collection of stories and experiences, most of which took place in prior decades. They are taken from or based upon real events, with a certain admixture of fictional embellishments.
3 WAY MIRROR is about a lost identity as experienced by a twenty-eight-year old who thinks he's Charles Randall, until strange events suggest otherwise.
Sarah Thompson has ten days on Maui to find her lifetime after lifetime soulmate. She is certain he is waiting for her there on one of the last remaining land masses of Mu still above water.
