Everyone In This Is Either Dying Or Will Die Or Is Thinking Of Death by J.A. Tyler
October 8, 2009 pearnoir 6 other publications
Though the title may just about say it all, there’s a little more to J.A. Tyler’s 2008 chapbook than just the fact that everyone is dying (or will die, or is thinking about it). It’s the way they’re all dying that makes this collection of flash fiction interesting: violently in most cases, angrily in others, and almost always with a splash of helpless existential angst...The big question is how the characters in Tyler’s vignettes got to where they are. The last moments, the reflection on last moments, the foreshadowings of last moments all serve as snapshots of the lives they represent and, as such, underscore the fragile nature of humanity. We are flesh and blood, this collection reminds us—fragile, corruptible, and ultimately searching for something we’re not likely to find. —Marc Schuster, Small Press Reviews
Though the title may just about say it all, there’s a little more to J.A. Tyler’s 2008 chapbook than just the fact that everyone is dying (or will die, or is thinking about it...
