Digital Face: short stories - Paperback

by Zelda Leah Gatuskin (Author)

Here are some of the characters and situations you will encounter in these highly original stories by award-winning author Zelda Leah Gatuskin:

"The Owl and the Pussycats" - Coping with Felinefilia.
"Handle With Care" - Sarena wants a tattoo.
"Secret of The Old" - Granny Mimmi tells all.
"Inside Her Eyelids" - Adrienne's muse is a pest.
"Digital Face" - What (not) to do about pores.
"Tsunami" - The woman who has everything wants less.
"Bill's Aphoristic Aphrodite" - Romance in a candy wrapper.
"Silver and Gold Apples" - A corner store for half-chances.
"After Babel" - Ruminations from the Prophetess Suomynona.
"A Man's Home Is His Castle" - Love and family, post power outage.
"You Can Only Go Back" - Temporal Exploration has already occurred.

Eleven stories blur the lines between surrealism, magical realism, fantasy, sci-fi, romance and satire. Gatuskin provides tart depictions of popular culture, imaginative takes on the future (and past) of humanity, and mystical currents swirling below the surface. Vivid description of external details combine with sympathetic attention to the inner lives of her characters to draw the reader into these timely, imaginative and thought-provoking scenarios. This title has received a 5-heart rating from Foreword Reviews.