Fractured Fictions

<p>Enter a speculative universe where logic has been put on life-support traditions have become useless appendages and every character in these overtly farcical tales lives a hopelessly bewildered existence carried along by a laughably dysfunctioning self-awareness antithetical to his or her well-being. If this sounds like our present day lives it is just ratcheted up a few dozen notches. Lurking underneath the stories is the reality that we humans simply take ourselves far too seriously and it might behoove us to lighten up before the you-know-what hits the fan. <em>Fractured Fictions</em> is Mik Dietlin's second story collection and is his most absurdist writing yet. It includes the novella <em>Gummy Worm Mind Invasion</em> a near-futuristic look at what happens when a science writer's immovable skepticism collides head-on with supernatural forces.</p>