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A review by bookishlibrarian
Lost Places: And Other Stories by Sarah Pinsker
4.0
These lovely, slightly speculative stories cover a wide range of themes, topics, and even genres. The stories in this collection were uniformly strong, but my favorites were:
"Two Truths and A Lie" about a woman who finds old VHS copies of a local TV show from her childhood. This one was menacing and foreboding.
"Escape from Caring Seasons" a technologically advanced housing complex for seniors, a resident who escapes, and a drone she encounters This one was creepy but realistic with an unexpected ending.
"A Better Way of Saying" a boy hired to speak the cards in silent movies discovers an ability to alter the stories slightly--which also bleeds into real life
"That Our Flag Was Still There" a disturbingly (enforced) patriotic futuristic society where the flags are human symbols
"Remember This For Me" an artist with dementia, her career retrospective, and her artistic muse
"Where Oaken Heartes Do Gather" a folk song ballad told through its Wiki
"Science Facts" a group of campers on a hike encounter something mysterious
and my favorite story in the collection was "Everything is Closed Today" . After a mysterious threat closes everything down, including communication, a librarian starts teaching the young girls in the neighborhood into skateboarders -- and activists.
"Two Truths and A Lie" about a woman who finds old VHS copies of a local TV show from her childhood. This one was menacing and foreboding.
"Escape from Caring Seasons" a technologically advanced housing complex for seniors, a resident who escapes, and a drone she encounters This one was creepy but realistic with an unexpected ending.
"A Better Way of Saying" a boy hired to speak the cards in silent movies discovers an ability to alter the stories slightly--which also bleeds into real life
"That Our Flag Was Still There" a disturbingly (enforced) patriotic futuristic society where the flags are human symbols
"Remember This For Me" an artist with dementia, her career retrospective, and her artistic muse
"Where Oaken Heartes Do Gather" a folk song ballad told through its Wiki
"Science Facts" a group of campers on a hike encounter something mysterious
and my favorite story in the collection was "Everything is Closed Today" . After a mysterious threat closes everything down, including communication, a librarian starts teaching the young girls in the neighborhood into skateboarders -- and activists.