Arrived some time in the last few days in the mail. I don't remember if I ordered it. If not, then probably Terry sent it to me.

I did order this book. It was a preorder so I didn't remember.

It's a collection of bite-size short stories, attractively packaged in what I believe is called a "trade paperback". The theme seems to be time-travel for most of the stories. The format: the protagonist is off doing something ordinary: traveling, visiting a guitar store, selling something. But then something happens and we realize we have gone back in time. I don't think any of the characters ever goes forward. The visit to the past sometimes is the character's own past, and something someone else's. It's a quick blip, hardly noticeable. Yet it changes everything.

It's a nice way to create a life in a short amount of time, to start at one end and then visit the early days. Or to visit a place 100 years ago, just for a moment (and sometimes longer). Terry brings us into the story with details of the time and place, enough to settle us there, to know where we are, and then turns the dial.

I found the stories about musicians, traveling salesmen, people down on their luck, nice little bites. I was able to get the story quickly and enjoy the moment of change. Not every story is successful. Some had me leaving the book on my bedside table for several days before I picked it up again. I have to admit that the title grabbed me more than some of the stories, and it does still. There are so many ways one could go with that title.

Sent to Better World Books as a donation.