Periscope City, (Paperback)

<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>

• Periscope City, (Paperback)
• Author: Current Words Publishing
• ISBN: 9781957224435
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2025-02-14
• Page Count: 218