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A collection of short stories about the extremes we often find ourselves in-sometimes of our own making. Each story uses the adverb "so" in its title, emphasizing the extreme function of the following adjectives (tired, snowy, long, alive, dense, rude...). McDowell uses fantasy, literary fiction, historical fiction, speculative fiction genres to capture his explorations of the human experience. "So Dense" - An unusually dense fog-and a blind woman who seems to know more than climate scientists. "So Snowy" - Santa? Is that you? "So Humane" - The 'louison' was invented by the French as a humane…mehr

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A collection of short stories about the extremes we often find ourselves in-sometimes of our own making. Each story uses the adverb "so" in its title, emphasizing the extreme function of the following adjectives (tired, snowy, long, alive, dense, rude...). McDowell uses fantasy, literary fiction, historical fiction, speculative fiction genres to capture his explorations of the human experience. "So Dense" - An unusually dense fog-and a blind woman who seems to know more than climate scientists. "So Snowy" - Santa? Is that you? "So Humane" - The 'louison' was invented by the French as a humane method of execution...who went first? "So Quiet" - What if you came back from vacation unable to speak to certain people? ...and six more unusual and engaging stories by Markus McDowell.
Autorenporträt
Markus McDowell is an author & editor of fiction and nonfiction in multiple genres. He has a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary and a law degree from the University of London, and has lectured at universities in the US, Europe, and the UK. He is the author of the literary novel, To and Fro Upon the Earth: A Novel, and research works such as Prayers of Jewish Women: Studies of Patterns of Prayer in the Second Temple Period, Prayer in the Ancient Stoic Tradition, and the popular series on Prayer, Praying Through the Bible.