Choice collection from the borderlands

Parker, Rosalie - Through The Storm

PS has put together a very plummy collection. A generous assortment ranging from unsettling, poignant, and downright mystifying.

“The Moors” was Simone’s true element, where she could spend hours, perhaps her life. She loved that it was so desolate, forsaken even. Except when she encounters the others.

The Robinsons were newcomers to “Village Life”. Younger, too, energetic with a dash that diminished the oldsters. They also appeared to have an appetite for dirt and whispers.

“Dear John”, often perceived as a kiss-off, yet this is stranger by far. The correspondence between lonely hearts, drawn together, forming a tentative attachment, along with an odious presence.

Leonie is working with the big name actress. Cinema star, cast in a rural role, where she requires coaching with dialect, accent, cadence. Exposed to the bustle and sweep, Leonie is touched with a case of city fever. Her place, however, is in “Cow City” where she is unaware of the chains.

There was a disagreement, an argument, outside “The Cinema”, where Anne and Callum got separated. Anne, disoriented – and cold – soon wanders into unfamiliar neighborhoods. As darkness rises, masked smiles offer assistance. The treachery of good cheer. Wisely, she senses the teeth, begs off, only to flee deeper into confusion.

Just a sampling of the stories, most of which are solid, and have conclusions.

A modern tendency is to leave readers suspended. This collection offers very little of that.