Life is a Stevie Wonder Song

Life is a Stevie Wonder Song

2015 • 82 pages

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15

This was a bit of harmless fantasy which I was kind of enjoying in a mindless way but the last twenty pages or so did manage to annoy me.

The story such as it is had one of my favorite tropes: older/younger. Problem is you can't look at this even at middle distance because nothing is explained. The fact that Steve, the older writer, is attracted to the younger man needs no explanation. He's a sprite like creature and in the midst of a summer idle quite appealing. However what Declan, the fae man-child, sees in Steve is anyone's guess.

Too much was elided and we'll say nothing of the fact that this thrice heterosexually married, John Le Carré type writer has no money and questions his new found bisexuality for about 0.5 seconds. It is a short story and no time for heavy angst but nada is just ... wow! Bonus points though for no bi erasure with that GFY nonsense.

If you have an hour to kill this won't hurt you but be clear that it is sheer summer fantasy. Sometimes that's not a bad thing.

June 14, 2017