Periscope City

<p>A captivating series of short stories both dramatically and philosophically enthralling.</p><p>KIRKUS</p><p></p><p>Talbot excels at depicting a world both alien and familiar at the same time.</p><p>MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW</p><p></p><p>Welcome to Periscope City a place where nothing is quite as it seems. Its citizens are those with no one to love caught in a paradox of escaping loneliness while clinging to it. Here human emotion is fleeting and love is nothing more than a transaction.</p><p></p><p>Each story in this collection delves into the heights and depths of solitude through its characters: a writer torn between</p><p>seeking validation from fleeting romances and finding comfort in the safety of isolation; a former college football star lost in nostalgia unable to connect with the present; a young runaway scarred by her past drawn to this desolate town inhabited by loners and serviced by robots.</p><p></p><p>Prepare for an emotional gut-punch as you enter a strange unsettling place where the broken-hearted choose to stay broken and prefer to live in solitude. Talbot's haunting satirical and often absurd interconnected tales explore themes of self-destruction and elusive redemption.</p><p></p><p>Periscope City will immerse you in a world where the boundary between reality and fantasy is constantly shifting.</p>