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Paper Cranes: (& Other Oral Origami) by [D J Meyers, Oznonymous]

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Allow me to introduce myself. I am Death. Not what you expected, I’m sure. I never am. Denial is an interesting thing. I’ll give you a moment to consider the concept.

While you do, I’ll tell you a tale of clouds, and rain, and a little girl I met on my journey. desperately ill, she refused to lose hope. Her paper cranes a symbol of pain, loss, and devotion to life. Something close to my heart, despite what you think of me. without life, without hope, there is no death, and no stories to tell by the hearth in my lounge.

Paper Cranes is the first of eight stories in this collection, which touch on gun control, green energy, psychosis, loneliness, political correctness & a lonely gargoyle perched up high on Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.

Length: 394 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
Page Flip: Enabled	Language: English

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File Size : 1749 KB
Word Wise : Enabled
Publisher : The Gargoyle Chronicles (30 November 2017)
Print Length : 394 pages
Language: : English
Screen Reader : Supported
ASIN : B077VHGY95
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting : Enabled
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Page Numbers Source ISBN : 1979610738

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sebnem sanders

Life and Death

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2018

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Death is the only certainty in life, yet we ignore it while we live. Death comes through old age and sickness, war, murder, epidemics, or suicide. This collection of short stories contemplates the eternal theme of human mortality, highlighting topics ranging from the atom bomb and the lethal effects of radiation in Paper Cranes, the story in the title, to the adventures of an immortal gargoyle from the Middle Ages to WWII, a mass shooting at a New York school, postcards from those who lost their lives in the war, and the effects of climate change that threaten the quality of our life on the planet. The transience of things, the fragility of life, the sadness of losing our beloveds, and the perils of living in today's society. Death always wins, but humanity continues with the next generations. Food for thought presented in a compilation of snapshots of life,woven with humour, tears and laughter, from the past, to the present and the future.

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Karen Eisenbrey

Sampler of imaginative fiction in several genres

Reviewed in the United States on 21 July 2018

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This appealing collection of short fiction includes stand-alone stories, a novella, and sample chapters from upcoming novels. My favorites are the title story, “Paper Cranes,” and “The Gargoyle Chronicles,” but everything is imaginative and well written.

“Paper Cranes” retells the familiar story of Sadako, a child who survived the Hiroshima bombing, only to die of radiation exposure in early adolescence while trying to fold a thousand paper cranes. It is told from the point of view of Death, who is drawn to Sadako before the bombing and knows the real meaning of the cranes.

“The Gargoyle Chronicles” comprises three sample chapters from a novel about a sentient gargoyle on Notre Dame, giving his perspective on different periods in the history of Paris as he witnesses plots, murders, accidents, and the Terror. I look forward to reading this book!

“The Creature from beyond the coffee cup” is a creepy story of an analyst and patient dredging up memory of a murder.

“Lost in Authonomy” is a novella about an aspiring author's experience on the Authonomy website with a fellow writer and the wrong conclusions drawn. Although I don't think I read Meyers during my Authonomy years, the experience described was often comically familiar, though more disturbing than anything I encountered.

“The Maia Calendar” offers several sample chapters from a futuristic novel about a savant who records history in her mind through time travel trances, until she goes to the future by mistake and discovers something disturbing about her present.

“The Politically incorrect fishbowl,” a short story of overheard office banter, was for me the least effective of the pieces in this collection. Although humorous, it was too self-consciously arch and preachy to work as fiction. It tries to address “political correctness” without dealing with power and privilege.

“Skeleton Coast/Postcards from the Dead” is another tantalizing novel sample, about a young woman trying to escape her father's obsession with old letters sent from Australia during the war, only to be shipwrecked in her own destiny.

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Joanne J. Kendrick

Buckle up!

Reviewed in the United States on 29 December 2017

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Get ready for a wild ride that will, one moment create side-splitting laughter and the next, woeful tears. From the naïve, yet emotionally intelligent piece of stone breathing life, to the tragic, yet beautiful tale of a Japanese girl, Paper Cranes will entice, entertain and surprise with unforgettable characters and "OMG" twists. Expect the unexpected and enjoy the ride.

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