Trial Period

It's a familiar set-up (a guy in a bar offers to tell you a story in exchange for drinks). Nothing new here. But that's where anything resembling predictable ends. Trial Period is a story about genies, zombies, aliens and tax, the IRS to be specific. I'm not going to tell you anything else about the story because, you know, spoilers. But I can tell you the writing is fast-paced, engaging and very imaginative. It put me in mind of the short stories by Kurt Vonnegut, which is not a comparison I dole out lightly. Anyway, if you like your stories witty, imaginative and packed fun of insane ideas, you'll enjoy this. I did.