Richard Mallinson's Fast Fiction

At Only A Page Each In Length Richard Mallinson'S Elegantly Structured Short Stories Are A Pithy Fast Fiction For A Modern Multimedia Age. A Rapid Succession Of Carefully Worked Observations The Stories Read Like A Dynamic Anthology Of Life'S Collisions And Interactions Its Projected Plans And Unexpected Rotations. There Is A Great Joy In The Subverted (The Interviewer Becomes The Interviewee; The Private Detective Becomes The Conspirator) As Well As An Interest In The Open-Ended. Possibility Abounds For These Are Always Tales Of The Present; The Past Is Unclear And The Future Unwritten. Adhering To The Strict One-Page Format The Writing Is Marvelously Precise: It Is Highly Disciplined But Infinitely Rich Conjuring The Most Unique And Sharply Observed Characters With Remarkably Few Words. If Indeed We Read Fiction . . . In Order To Meet Individuals As The Character Tolson Declares In Mallinson'S Tolson'S Creed Then In This Anthology We Are Introduced To A Plethora Of Distinct Personalities Rendered All The More Compelling By Their Relentless Unpredictability.