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Triangulation: Harmony & Dissonance
Parsec Ink is proud to announce its 14th collection of short stories. Triangulation: Harmony & Dissonance is 21 short stories from around the world that explore this musical theme from every direction in the Speculative Multiverse--fantasy, science fiction, horror, the weird, and all points between. Let this mixtape of the imagination take you into the sway of songs of healing and songs of destruction, to a war-torn world where harmony is found in a melody shared by strangers, to an island of living instruments pining for a hand to play them, and to Earth, where a Martian virtuoso discovers that when music is diplomacy, atmosphere is as important as talent.
- GenresFantasyScience Fiction
201 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 20, 2018
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Douglas Gwilym
14 books58 followersDouglas Gwilym is a writer and editor who has also been known to compose a weird-fiction rock opera or two. If you aren't lucky enough to have caught him performing his stories and music at venues around Pittsburgh, you can find him at douglasgwilym.bandcamp.com or befriend Douglas Gwilym on facebook.
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November 9, 2018
I received this book for free through Voracious Readers Only.
Triangulation: Harmony & Dissonance is an excellent short story collection themed around music. I love music (both making music and listening to it) so the theme was right up my alley.
The quality of the writing and editing is very high. There really weren't any stories I didn't love. A lot of the stories had very interesting and original ideas, and it was fun to see all the different ways these writers have incorporated music in their writing.
My personal favourites were Martian Raga by Philip Trippenbach and F Sharp 4 by Tim Pieraccini.
If you like stories that are a bit weird or quirky and you like music, you will love this!
Triangulation: Harmony & Dissonance is an excellent short story collection themed around music. I love music (both making music and listening to it) so the theme was right up my alley.
The quality of the writing and editing is very high. There really weren't any stories I didn't love. A lot of the stories had very interesting and original ideas, and it was fun to see all the different ways these writers have incorporated music in their writing.
My personal favourites were Martian Raga by Philip Trippenbach and F Sharp 4 by Tim Pieraccini.
If you like stories that are a bit weird or quirky and you like music, you will love this!
November 29, 2018
This collection of short stories is linked by the thread of music. Each story features music as a central component, but they all approach this differently, and there are a number of genres represented.
I found all the stories to be creative, engaging, and well-written. I don't think I can single out a favourite! The editing was also well done, which helped make this a smooth read.
I received a copy of this book through Voracious Readers Only.
I found all the stories to be creative, engaging, and well-written. I don't think I can single out a favourite! The editing was also well done, which helped make this a smooth read.
I received a copy of this book through Voracious Readers Only.
May 23, 2020
Looks like I'm going to have to do some rrsearch
I truly enjoyed almost all of the stories in this book. Hello Elvis had me cringing , but was still a worthwhile entry. If you enjoy short (almost flash) fiction with a theme then I suggest that this book is for you. Editors, if you read this please respond with some other titles that you have put together as I feel I would truly enjoy them. Thanks for an evening well spent, and to the authors involved here, well done!
I truly enjoyed almost all of the stories in this book. Hello Elvis had me cringing , but was still a worthwhile entry. If you enjoy short (almost flash) fiction with a theme then I suggest that this book is for you. Editors, if you read this please respond with some other titles that you have put together as I feel I would truly enjoy them. Thanks for an evening well spent, and to the authors involved here, well done!
November 1, 2018
This is one of the best and most disturbing in a good way collection of short stories that I've read in a long time. Incredible the gut punch many of them pack. Love the unifying theme off which each author riffs. Well done!
November 10, 2018
I haven't read a short story collection in a while, and this left me wondering what other great short fiction I've been missing.
February 10, 2019
Great collection
Unique, fun, and occasionally terrifying from start to finish. Loved the diversity of of the stories. Also loved the musical theme.
Unique, fun, and occasionally terrifying from start to finish. Loved the diversity of of the stories. Also loved the musical theme.
November 19, 2024
[I was given a free copy of the book by the author in exchange for a review through Voracious Readers Only]
This was a wonderfully strange and engrossing short story anthology from some very talented writers! The works featured all share a common theme of music but have all variety of sci-fi and fantasy elements. "Soulmate Song"-as the title suggests- is set in a world where everyone can hear the music that their soulmate hears and was the story that really hooked me in, along with the illustrations at the beginning of each story.
The first half of the collection generally centers around realities where music and songs are physical and can be interacted with directly. In "A Song Like Laughter", even living things can become instruments and in "The Worms Will Dance", corpse worms sing the songs of the dead. Other stories here have unique futuristic settings, as in "Robin, the Ass, and Danny 23", in which a "popbot" with kaleidoscopic buttocks contemplates a career change.
The second half is where I found that the stories got especially bizarre, yet just as enjoyable. In "Lucky Morris and His Diminishing Fifth", a singing cowboy in the Wild West teams up with a magical talking dog to defeat his rival. In "The Song of the Whistling Crab", an Irishman befriends a musical hermit crab named Jules Verne after his wife begins an affair with a circus strongman. A gelatin replica of Elvis Presley becomes sentient in "Jello Elvis". I also really enjoyed "The Musicologists", in which two men investigate an ancient case of ghosts appearing during singing. I'm so glad I was given the opportunity to read this memorable and unique book.
This was a wonderfully strange and engrossing short story anthology from some very talented writers! The works featured all share a common theme of music but have all variety of sci-fi and fantasy elements. "Soulmate Song"-as the title suggests- is set in a world where everyone can hear the music that their soulmate hears and was the story that really hooked me in, along with the illustrations at the beginning of each story.
The first half of the collection generally centers around realities where music and songs are physical and can be interacted with directly. In "A Song Like Laughter", even living things can become instruments and in "The Worms Will Dance", corpse worms sing the songs of the dead. Other stories here have unique futuristic settings, as in "Robin, the Ass, and Danny 23", in which a "popbot" with kaleidoscopic buttocks contemplates a career change.
The second half is where I found that the stories got especially bizarre, yet just as enjoyable. In "Lucky Morris and His Diminishing Fifth", a singing cowboy in the Wild West teams up with a magical talking dog to defeat his rival. In "The Song of the Whistling Crab", an Irishman befriends a musical hermit crab named Jules Verne after his wife begins an affair with a circus strongman. A gelatin replica of Elvis Presley becomes sentient in "Jello Elvis". I also really enjoyed "The Musicologists", in which two men investigate an ancient case of ghosts appearing during singing. I'm so glad I was given the opportunity to read this memorable and unique book.
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