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Our Blood In Its Blind Circuit by J. David Osborne

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5.0

Reading Our Blood In Its Blind Circuit was, in some way, the literary equivalent of listening to a Mr. Bungle album. Just like "California" or "Disco Volante" this opus spans genres galore: from Noir to Bizarro to crime to western-horror to science-fiction... I lost count !

The sheer brilliance and imagination of the short stories collected in the book blew me away. As each story unfolds, we are introduced to fascinating characters and truly amazing ideas that are, for the most part, very-well executed. My favorite of the bunch is "Amends Due, West of Glorieta", which is a heart-wrenching western story about revenge, and love.
"Tesseract", "Imprinting", "Three Theories on the Murder of John Wily" and "The Thick Fog of the Alabaster Mountains" also struck a big chord.

The realm of J David Osborne's imagination is unlike anything I have ever experienced. Next stop : "Low Down Death Right Easy".
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