Crossing the Streams

by Jeremy Zimmerman

Non-human romance. Tarot-powered difference engines. The bureaucracy of the gate to Hell. These and more appear in this anthology of strange stories by Jeremy Zimmerman. This anthology collects five genre-bending tales from fantasy to steampunk to cyberpunk.

"I won't spoil the ending, but I will offer that the imagery in this tale is so wonderful that the settings sometimes transported me away from the main character's conflict. The scenes in this story, like Impressionist art, consist of ordinary subjects displayed in mesmerizingly vacillating light. Whereas I usually care most about plot and about character development, these descriptions were so robust that I would gladly read additional pages of Zimmerman's work just to reimmerse myself in his language."

- KJ Hannah Greenberg, Tangent, regarding "A Crazy Kind of Love"

61 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 3, 2014

About the author

Jeremy Zimmerman is a teller of tales who dislikes cute euphemisms for writing like “teller of tales.” He is the author of the young adult superhero book, Kensei and its sequel, The Love of Danger. In his copious spare time he is the co-editor of Mad Scientist Journal. He lives in Seattle with a herd of cats and his lovely wife (and fellow author) Dawn Vogel.

Reviews

[CJ Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Five quick nuggets, dipping a toe into the worlds-- genre bending, not what you might expect if you encountered them amongst their peers. I opened this up at lunch, figuring I'd just catch one of the stories while I had some free time, and ended up setting the book down near the close of the business day. Standouts are "Unchained Melody" and "Crazy Kind of Love" but each is a gem on its own.
Full Disclosure: I consider myself a friend of the author, but I like to think this has not influenced my views on the work.