And now, with Micaela writing about two of Jeff's stories, it feels like we've all come full circle! But more importantly, here are some wonderful, and wonderfully-written, insights on Jeff's work.
(Be sure to check out the Carnival link collection, too, because folks from around the world and around the web have recently posted their contributions. And we've still got a few more coming later...)
(Be sure to check out the Carnival link collection, too, because folks from around the world and around the web have recently posted their contributions. And we've still got a few more coming later...)
On "The Surgeon's Tale" and "Three Days in a Border Town"
by Micaela Morrissette
“The Surgeon’s Tale” and “Three Days in a Border Town” are both love stories, or erotic tragedies; and the universes in which the stories occur bump and rub each other in places. Each takes place in a Weird but decrepit dimension that postdates the collapse of a stronger, richer civilization. In “Three Days in a Border Town,” that past can be read as the readers’ own present, the here and now; and this creates a relevancy, a poignancy that is echoed in the despairing ache of the tone. Despair, enervated but grim, bitter, and ruthless, is everywhere in the stark, moistureless ecosystem of this reptilian narrative, in its dusty, mirage-ridden desert and crumbling border town.