A review by tinynavajo
Museum Piece: an unusual collection by B. Morris Allen, B. Morris Allen, Dominick Cancilla, Arlen Feldman

4.0

An interesting and unusual collection of short stories about museums. Each story is an exhibit of a different type of museum. Some are short. Some are long. Some have the weirdest exhibits you will ever read about and some feel almost mundane until the last moment. But they are all unusual exhibits, which is why they are in this anthology. One of my favourites is actually The Museum of Fog, written by Alexander Danner, about a “travel writer” who seeks out small weird attractions and writes/tweets about them. And with the Museum of Fog, it’s literally a place full of fog and the dangers of fog and the different types of fog. And there are even people LIVING in the exhibit, either living their best life as a 1990’s punk rock band, or studying the effects of freezing fog in the “simul-Antarctica.” And the Museum of Lost Dreams, the very first story in the collection is on that is fascinating to me as well, and touches a small part of my being that I’m hoping means I’ll be more likely to go after my dreams. No matter how small and silly they may seem to myself or others at that moment in time.

If museums and different types of things and places to explore and learn are you jam, then I would highly recommend you try out this book. And the lovely thing about anthologies is that you don’t have to read all of the stories at once. Nor do you need to enjoy all of the stories to enjoy the overall experience of the book either.