The Nivashi and Other Stories — Linda Talbot

Is what we see real? Or an illusion? In The Nivashi and Other Stories - thirteen short stories mostly about transformation - the mundane moves rapidly off the radar. The... Nivashi concerns the ghosts of gipsies clashing with the remnants of humanity after an earthly catastrophe. But all is not lost Will the survivors and their successors reject aggression and greed and integrate with nature? The Aloe tells of a sexually voracious woman; her alienation and closeness to the southern plant, The Confession - more a tale of unfortunate human habit than transformation - recalls the fanaticism of Franco's Spain, and A Solace for the Single Man is an ironically humorous tale of a bizarre service destined for disaster. Read on to enjoy encounters that may be waking dreams, inexplicable nightmares or downright delusions.