A while ago I reviewed a funny collection of short stories and poems by James Hutchings. His book A New Death and Others is a free ebook on Amazon for a limited time!
You can find it here.
Heres the summary:
Death gets a roommate...
An electronic Pope faces a difficult theological question...
A wicked vizier makes a terrible bargain...
44 stories. 19 poems. No sparkly vampires. There's a thin line between genius and insanity, and James Hutchings has just crossed it - but from which direction?
You can also view my review here.
This is my favorite poem of the whole book:
If My Life Was Filmed
If my life was filmed, it wouldgo straight to DVD
and someone who was famous once
would have the role of me
and if five stars meant 'excellent'
you'd give it two or three
and most of those who rented it
would watch ironically.
Years later they would track me down
and do an interview.
They'd say "I heard you died," and I'd
say "Yeah, I heard that too."
"Is any of it fictional?"
"Perhaps a scene or two.
There weren't as many ninjas, but
the rest is mostly true."
