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Alienated
Alienated collects 5 dark speculative fiction stories:
"Insight" - A sculptor is able to see beyond our reality, but can she control her insatiable desires?
"In His Eyes" - On a farm in the distant future, an unwelcome visitor appears in the middle of a thunderstorm.
"Reverie" - Speech is the first sign of rebellion in a hive of highly evolved telepaths.
"Mo's" - The only racism that exists in this alternate history is between Humans and Greys.
"Doppelgänger Mine" - A man is stalked by his horrifying double. In the end, only one of them can survive.
"Insight" - A sculptor is able to see beyond our reality, but can she control her insatiable desires?
"In His Eyes" - On a farm in the distant future, an unwelcome visitor appears in the middle of a thunderstorm.
"Reverie" - Speech is the first sign of rebellion in a hive of highly evolved telepaths.
"Mo's" - The only racism that exists in this alternate history is between Humans and Greys.
"Doppelgänger Mine" - A man is stalked by his horrifying double. In the end, only one of them can survive.
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First published November 2, 2012
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Milo James Fowler
166 books242 followersMilo James Fowler is the cross-genre author of more than thirty books: space adventures, post-apocalyptic survival stories, mysteries, and westerns. A native San Diegan, he now makes his home in West Michigan with his wife and all four seasons. Some readers seem to enjoy the unique brand of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and humor found in his ever-growing body of work. Soli Deo gloria.
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January 19, 2019
Alienated by Milo James Fowler and narrated by Craig Waletzko is an audible book I requested and the review is voluntary. This book has an excellent variety of really strange, creepy, page-turnering thrillers and each one freaked me out! I loved it! For a short short, each packed a big punch! Each has unexpected outcomes, unique plots, and the characters are like no others!
The narration was excellent for these stories! Great job all around! Thanks for letting me listen to this! I love the unusual and creepy!
The narration was excellent for these stories! Great job all around! Thanks for letting me listen to this! I love the unusual and creepy!
August 2, 2017
Kindle unlimited but got it on a freebie day so should show veriefied, for all that means.
Alienated collects 5 speculative fiction stories:
"Insight" - A sculptor is able to see beyond our reality, but can she control her insatiable desires?
"In His Eyes" - On a farm in the distant future, an unwelcome visitor appears in the middle of a thunderstorm.
"Reverie" - Speech is the first sign of rebellion in a hive of highly evolved telepaths.
"Mo's" - The only racism that exists in this alternate history is between Humans and Greys.
"Doppelgänger Mine" - A man is stalked by his horrifying double. In the end, only one of them can survive.
Reading order is/should be for Suprahuman {collection}: Doppelgänger’s Curse - Death Duel - Girl of Great Price - Immaterial Evidence - Yakuza Territory - Chimera Effect - Up In Smoke {2017}, The Gifted Ones (2018)
The others, usually, can be read in any order, short stories etc.
Alienated collects 5 speculative fiction stories:
"Insight" - A sculptor is able to see beyond our reality, but can she control her insatiable desires?
"In His Eyes" - On a farm in the distant future, an unwelcome visitor appears in the middle of a thunderstorm.
"Reverie" - Speech is the first sign of rebellion in a hive of highly evolved telepaths.
"Mo's" - The only racism that exists in this alternate history is between Humans and Greys.
"Doppelgänger Mine" - A man is stalked by his horrifying double. In the end, only one of them can survive.
Reading order is/should be for Suprahuman {collection}: Doppelgänger’s Curse - Death Duel - Girl of Great Price - Immaterial Evidence - Yakuza Territory - Chimera Effect - Up In Smoke {2017}, The Gifted Ones (2018)
The others, usually, can be read in any order, short stories etc.
February 23, 2019
Twilight Zone Revisited
I am a huge fan of author Milo James Fowler and love his twisted sense of humor and brilliant imagination. This is a short collection of short stories offering an impressive array of subjects from science fiction to paranormal to downright horror in neatly captured, manageable, small bites. Narration by Craig Waletzko adds an extra dimension. I'd have to say NOT to read or listen before dropping off to sleep unless you enjoy twisted dreams!
I am a huge fan of author Milo James Fowler and love his twisted sense of humor and brilliant imagination. This is a short collection of short stories offering an impressive array of subjects from science fiction to paranormal to downright horror in neatly captured, manageable, small bites. Narration by Craig Waletzko adds an extra dimension. I'd have to say NOT to read or listen before dropping off to sleep unless you enjoy twisted dreams!
January 26, 2019
Alienated is a cool collection of short stories on an alien theme that, while complete on their own, left me wanting more. Any of these stories would be a terrific start for a book.
The narrator of the audiobook does a very good job.
The narrator of the audiobook does a very good job.
July 21, 2020
A Collection of Short Stories that are unrelated to each other but stories of alienation all exceptional and excellent. I loved it!!
January 17, 2021
The five shorts stories are good depictions of humanity on those who are different, I really enjoyed the quick listen, especially as they were narrated masterfully.
March 19, 2013
ETA: I'm starting to get suspicious that the author or someone working for him is planting 5-star reviews on Amazon and trying to push lower rating reviews to the bottom. They were all 5, plus one 4 star, before I reviewed on Amazon. I posted the exact same review below and received a "Not helpful" rating for my review within one or two days. This is a tentative suspicion, but I thought it was prudent to share. I am just so tired of this sort of thing that maybe I'm jumping at shadows.
I picked up this book because I really do love me some aliens. It's a collection of five short stories. I'm not a big fan of short stories, but the price was right and it was about aliens.
I blew through the collection pretty quickly (today, in fact) which says a lot since my ADHD prevents me from sticking with things for long spans of time (my "Currently Reading" list will speak for me there–there's 12 books on it right now!). All of the stories were intriguing. I expected twists, and sometimes I was able to guess them, sometimes I wasn't.
The thing I think I dislike most about short stories is that I don't often understand what actually happened, even at the end. There seems to be a habit of leaving things 'open to interpretation' and while I like that sort of thing with novels, where there's enough information provided for me to think about the ending for a while, it's different with short stories. To me, there isn't enough to go on–to make an educated guess at how to interpret the ending, if that makes sense.
I think you'll find that–I don't know, sense of something missing–in 2 of the 5 stories here. Specifically, the first two: Insight and Reverie. Or maybe I'm just bad at interpreting short stories! I definitely don't have the practice.
My favorite story was Mo's. There was a very unique quality to it; I don't think I've ever come across a story where humans are alien-racist. Generally, it is them over us. I loved the everyday-ness of this one–how it was both very strange and very mundane.
My least favorite was the first one, Insight. I don't want to spoil it...but I don't know if I even could, because I'm still not sure what the point was.
Overall, this is a neat little collection of stories. It's well-presented and well-edited, and I think fans of science fiction/aliens/strangeness as well as fans of short stories will enjoy it.
I picked up this book because I really do love me some aliens. It's a collection of five short stories. I'm not a big fan of short stories, but the price was right and it was about aliens.
I blew through the collection pretty quickly (today, in fact) which says a lot since my ADHD prevents me from sticking with things for long spans of time (my "Currently Reading" list will speak for me there–there's 12 books on it right now!). All of the stories were intriguing. I expected twists, and sometimes I was able to guess them, sometimes I wasn't.
The thing I think I dislike most about short stories is that I don't often understand what actually happened, even at the end. There seems to be a habit of leaving things 'open to interpretation' and while I like that sort of thing with novels, where there's enough information provided for me to think about the ending for a while, it's different with short stories. To me, there isn't enough to go on–to make an educated guess at how to interpret the ending, if that makes sense.
I think you'll find that–I don't know, sense of something missing–in 2 of the 5 stories here. Specifically, the first two: Insight and Reverie. Or maybe I'm just bad at interpreting short stories! I definitely don't have the practice.
My favorite story was Mo's. There was a very unique quality to it; I don't think I've ever come across a story where humans are alien-racist. Generally, it is them over us. I loved the everyday-ness of this one–how it was both very strange and very mundane.
My least favorite was the first one, Insight. I don't want to spoil it...but I don't know if I even could, because I'm still not sure what the point was.
Overall, this is a neat little collection of stories. It's well-presented and well-edited, and I think fans of science fiction/aliens/strangeness as well as fans of short stories will enjoy it.
March 1, 2013
Alienated is another fine collection of speculative weirdness from Milo Fowler. "In His Eyes" and "Mo's" consider an earth that humans now share with an alien race, the big grays. We don't like them and we don't trust them, but we need them. In "Reverie" the tables are turned as humans are enslaved to an omnipotent, alien presence that controls the human workforce through dreams. Your thoughts are no longer your own and unauthorized thoughts are deadly. "Insight" is a haunting tale about a sculptress with a sixth sense. My favorite is "Doppelgänger Mine," a first person narrative that documents a young man's terror as he's stalked by his doppelgänger. Fowler reinvents the malevolet double from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's world and throws in a metafictional twist of his own. If you enjoyed Fowler's Identity Thief, you'll like "Doppelgänger Mine."
December 9, 2012
Milo James Fowler presents a collection of five "Twilight Zone"-type short stories. The stories are short enough and quickly enough paced that the entire ebook can be read in one sitting. My favorite was the fifth story, "Doppelganger Mine," about a man being stalked by--yeah, you guessed it--his doppelganger. Although the other stories were very good, this one had the best plotting and characterization in my opinion. Also notable in this collection are "Mo's," a character study with echoes of pre-Civil Rights movement segregation, and "In His Eyes," a taut "campfire-type" story with a science fiction element mixed in. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys science fiction or horror short stories.
April 13, 2015
A collection of dark speculative fiction short stories that will make you not want to answer your door or look in your rearview mirror. Well written and creepy, these tales draw your thinking outside the box to frightening futures and even more terrifying secrets in the present day.
"Roadkill Joe" is about an unlikely future superhero. "In His Eyes" and "Mo's" take us to a future where the Greys live amongst humans. "Reverie" will make you wonder about the possible direction of the evolution of humans. A blind sculptor sees something far more than those with sight in "Insight." My favorite of the collection is "Doppelgänger Mine" where a man is stalked by his double. It had me on the edge of my seat and gripping my Kindle in my hands.
"Roadkill Joe" is about an unlikely future superhero. "In His Eyes" and "Mo's" take us to a future where the Greys live amongst humans. "Reverie" will make you wonder about the possible direction of the evolution of humans. A blind sculptor sees something far more than those with sight in "Insight." My favorite of the collection is "Doppelgänger Mine" where a man is stalked by his double. It had me on the edge of my seat and gripping my Kindle in my hands.
December 27, 2013
A collection of 5 speculative fiction short stories. I thought overall they weren't bad, though I didn't care for the shifting points of view. By far my favorite story in the collection was "Reverie."
January 9, 2013
This was more of a series of tasters than a full anthology of 5 stories about aliens etc. I liked them a bit but was glad not to have actually paid good money for it.
August 28, 2015
Another good collection.
I enjoyed this batch more than "Unseen Things".
My favourite stories are "Mo's" and "Doppelgänger Mine".
I enjoyed this batch more than "Unseen Things".
My favourite stories are "Mo's" and "Doppelgänger Mine".
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