Language: en
Written in: 2006
Published: 2009-11-23
Tags: strange, absurd, surreal, comedy, weird, dark, stories, comic, fiction, funny, short story, flash fiction, short stories
Adam Maxwell's first collection of short stories is inventive, funny, dark, and hugely entertaining. Effortlessly fusing pop culture, gunplay, and simians, Dial M For Monkey contains a vibrant mixture of short stories - and short-short stories including 'Happiness is a Warm Gun' which featured in McSweeney's Internet Tendency.
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on Jan 01, 2010 at 08:57
Very quick reads but that doesn't mean they aren't great. Mr. Maxwell has realized if you know what story you're telling, you don't have to be superfluous. I will be re-reading this, I already know.
on Dec 19, 2009 at 22:49
Very short and very punchy. The focus displayed by the author is brilliant. Each story showcases a single idea and is in and out like a flash. You'll be ruminating on the concepts and clever little twist for long after you're finished though.
Loved it.