Skip to main content

The Electric God And Other Shorts

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐„๐ฅ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ
By Michael Thomas Perone

Pub. Date: October 14, 2024
Publisher: Wheatmark
Formats:  Paperback, eBook
Pages: 251

๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ซ๐›:
A small town becomes obsessed with televisionโ€”to the point of madness.
A cheerful innocent confronts the harsh reality of the world and is forever changed by the experience.
A struggling author begins receiving strange messages on the paper he uses to write.
A bullied, brilliant teen is put through the wringer of his high school and comes out the other side insane.
A detective of the future discovers he may be investigating his own untimely demiseโ€”and that of the worldโ€™s.

These and one more dark fable await you from the imaginative mind of the award-winning author Michael Thomas Perone. Part fractured fairy tales, part nightmare fuel, The Electric God and Other Shorts follows characters who struggle to remain sane in an insane world and features stories that will keep you up at night, wondering what might be lurking in the shadows.



๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ:
โ€œ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’๐’š ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’”๐’ ๐’Š๐’๐’‡๐’‚๐’Ž๐’๐’–๐’”๐’๐’š ๐’‘๐’๐’‘๐’–๐’๐’‚๐’“.โ€

It's a collection of short stories that deals with darkness. I got a disturbing yet great reading experience as it explores horror themes intermixed with ordinary. It definitely blurs the line between reality and imaginary, as the characters often find themselves in illogical situations. I appreciate the author for blending the supernatural things in reality so well. Without giving away the entire plot, I'll explain my favorites among them. 

"๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’†๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’‰ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’•๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ, ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’‚๐’“ ๐’๐’“ ๐’‚๐’ ๐’๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’„๐’Œ. ๐‘ฐ๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’ ๐’†๐’™๐’‘๐’Š๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’…๐’‚๐’•๐’†."

The story revolves around Bill who finds himself in a strange scenario as he faces a baby with supernatural power. 

"๐‘ป๐’ ๐’‰๐’Š๐’Ž, ๐’‚ ๐’‘๐’†๐’ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’๐’๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’˜๐’Š๐’•๐’‰ ๐’‘๐’‚๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’‚๐’•๐’† ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’ ๐’‚ ๐’„๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’Œ๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐’•๐’š๐’‘๐’†๐’˜๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’๐’“ ๐’„๐’๐’๐’… ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’–๐’•๐’†๐’“ ๐’”๐’„๐’“๐’†๐’†๐’. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’๐’ ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’„ ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’˜๐’“๐’Š๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’–๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’•๐’”."

The story deals with Jonathan, a writer who's immersing himself in writing, as he finds a mysterious message, it takes him back to his childhood and the deep bond he shares with the writing process, highlighting the differences of modern equips. 

"๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’Š๐’†๐’„๐’†๐’” ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’•๐’‚๐’“๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’•๐’ ๐’‡๐’Š๐’•, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’–๐’›๐’›๐’๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’Ž๐’๐’”๐’• ๐’„๐’๐’Ž๐’‘๐’๐’†๐’•๐’†."

The story follows Nick as he ends up in an abandoned house after experiencing some strange events. His memories from his high school days, his past facing his deepest fears of being an outcast.

โ€œ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’‘๐’‚๐’“๐’‚๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’‡ ๐’”๐’•๐’–๐’…๐’†๐’๐’•๐’” ๐’„๐’๐’๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’†๐’… ๐’…๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’. ๐‘น๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’๐’˜๐’” ๐’๐’‡ ๐’†๐’Ž๐’‘๐’•๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’„๐’†๐’”. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’˜๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’”๐’•๐’“๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’”๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’ ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ƒ๐’“๐’๐’Œ๐’†๐’ ๐’…๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’Ž๐’”โ€”๐’Ž๐’๐’–๐’“๐’๐’†๐’“๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’Š๐’“ ๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’‡๐’–๐’๐’†๐’“๐’‚๐’.โ€

โ€œ๐‘ฌ๐’—๐’†๐’ ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’”๐’Š๐’ˆ๐’๐’Š๐’‡๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’•๐’๐’š, ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’“๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‚ ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’›๐’› ๐’๐’‡ ๐’ˆ๐’๐’”๐’”๐’Š๐’‘ ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’Š๐’• ๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’š ๐’”๐’‰๐’๐’‘๐’”, ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐’“๐’–๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’” ๐’‡๐’๐’†๐’˜ ๐’๐’Š๐’Œ๐’† ๐’‘๐’‚๐’‘๐’†๐’“ ๐’‚๐’Š๐’“๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’ ๐’”๐’„๐’‰๐’๐’๐’.โ€

๐€๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ:
Michael Thomas Perone is an award-winning author who has written for The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore City Paper, Long Island Voice (a spinoff of The Village Voice), and The Island Ear (now titled Long Island Press), among others. Online, he has written for Yahoo!, WhatCulture!, and other websites that donโ€™t end with an exclamation mark. 

His debut novel, the action-adventure Danger Peak, was the recipient of multiple awards, including The Fall 2022 BookFest Award in the category of Young Adult โ€“ Action and Adventure. His follow-up, the coming-of-age/sci-fi mindbender Dรฉjร  View, won First Place at the Spring 2024 BookFest Awards in the category of Young Adult โ€“ Literary and Coming of Age. It was also a finalist of The Eric Hoffer Book Award. He currently works as a Senior Editor and lives on Long Island with his wife and two daughters.

Labels

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Reigns Of Utopia

๐‘๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐”๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐š: ๐–๐š๐ซ ๐Ž๐Ÿ ๐„๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง - ๐ˆ Author : Elsie Swain Page count : 424 Book Blurb: When chaos reduces your world to rubble, how do you find zen?  Zella Rune, finds herself in a world split down the middle by forced evolution. The CULT in their madness to leave behind Human weaknesses merged Human genomes with animals, giving birth to the anthromorphs. This "superior" species finds itself on the front lines of a battle against humanity, a battle of dominance over earth.But what happens when the marginalised begin to marginalise?  As Zella treads a dangerous tightrope between the anthromorphs and the humans, she must learn to make peace with her true identity. So when tensions between the two species hit an all-time high. Zella must learn how to trust and begin to pick up the pieces that will help her forge her own Utopia. My thoughts: A frightening glimpse of what could happen. Maybe? Or Maybe not?!!  From the moment I started reading i...
2 comments
Read more

Law of Jiluk Series โœจ

Law of Jiluk Series By Inba Vignesh Book #1 ๐‰๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง Pages: 192 Blurb: Remember? How a few bucks made an extra bite SPECIAL? It was not about winning then, it was about FUN. Playing was not time-pass or exercise, it was EVERYTHING. Books gave us not just lessons, they taught us THOUGHTS. It was then, excitement was not bought, it just HAPPENED. A simple bikini cutting was enough to get lost in the world of fantasy. We might have been afraid of things, but we never were afraid of dreaming BIG. AND FIRST LOVE...  What the world called puppy love and what we thought was TRUE LOVE. In the era of instant hook-ups and breakups, traversing down memory lane, experience Law of Jiluk in the backdrop of the lush-green Nilgiris through a cherished read, embellished by a torrent of words, cascading expressions, enchanting analogies, harmonious lingo, astounding thoughts and above all the profound feel of a fourteen year old who narrates ...
Post a Comment
Read more