The Handover

by Michael Marshall Smith

Sometimes towns don't work out. Michael Marshall Smith is the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award, the August Delerth Award, the International Horror Guild Award, six British Fantasy Awards and the Prix Bob Morane, nominated for five World Fantasy Awards and CWA Silver Dagger — and the only author ever to win the BFS Award for Best Short Story four times. Now, for the first time, his internationally-revered short fiction is finally becoming available in ebook format...

14 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 30, 2012

About the author

Michael Marshall (Smith) is a bestselling novelist and screenwriter. His first novel, ONLY FORWARD, won the August Derleth and Philip K. Dick awards. SPARES and ONE OF US were optioned for film by DreamWorks and Warner Brothers, and the Straw Men trilogy - THE STRAW MEN, THE LONELY DEAD and BLOOD OF ANGELS - were international bestsellers. His most recent novels are THE INTRUDERS, BAD THINGS and KILLER MOVE.

He is a four-time winner of the BFS Award for short fiction, and his stories are collected in two volumes - WHAT YOU MAKE IT and MORE TOMORROW AND OTHER STORIES (which won the International Horror Guild Award).

He lives in Santa Cruz, California with his wife and son.

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this with a growing sense of a big reveal, twist or climactic ending. it didn't really appear. Maybe I set the wrong expectations. There is a nice meditation on aging, the nature of small town life and friendships over time in this story. But in the end I wanted a little more.

[Emmalyn Renato · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nominated for the British Fantasy award in 2001. I've apparently missed something subtle, as I've no idea why this is considered fantasy. There appears to be nothing fantastical in it.