Hoag's Object

by Michael C. Keith

"The only things worth writing about, so the old saying goes, are love and death, and Hoag's Object, Michael Keith's fine collection of short stories, takes this to heart. Many of the thirty-eight stories in this book deal directly with mortality, some with an abrupt and tragic finality, others with a sense of rebirth and hope. This is a collection that needs to be sipped slowly and not taken in all at once. The tales range from the lyrical, to whimsical, to fairly horrifying, and they are all memorable and affecting. Enjoy!"-- Steve Perry (author of the Star Wars, Conan, Aliens, and Men in Black book series) "Keith invests his stories with his unique knowledge of communication and its impact on our lives. He writes about videos that show the last dreams of the deceased, a way of beating Alzheimer's with unexpected consequences, words that appear unbidden in the emails you write. And woven into these unique excursions are appealing characters in compelling but believable situations, contending as we all do with the limits of life."-- Paul Levinson (author of The Silk Code and Borrowed Tides) "A wonderful collection of diverse tales." Ray Bradbury-- (author Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles)

306 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2011