| Ginny Levitan and her husband, Jim, are inspecting a possible retirement
home at the outset of Rob Hunter’s “The
Song of the Rice Barge Coolie.” With the aid of real estate agent
Barbara Casmirczak—“Call me Babs”—they buy the odd dwelling and soon
discover they have an ant infestation. What raises this above the typical
tale of marital discord is the alternating sections told from the ants’
POV. Insects are nothing new to horror fiction, but Hunter elevates
this tale above the standard fare with engaging characters, keen POV
shifts, and a quirkiness of style that makes the outcome most satisfying.
While the dénouement was inevitable, it left me with a devious grin
on my face. Impressive. —Marshall Payne in The Fix Online
“...exceptionally well written.” (The
Song of the Rice Barge Coolie) |
| Maine artist Lee Suta drew the pen and ink for “Just loved your
book” on this page, and holds all copyright to his work. Lee lives ten
miles down the road from me in Robbinston, Maine, and is the creative
engine behind the illustrations for
Magnetic Betty, a picture book for surreal children, wherein an
eight-year-old Brownie Scout marshals her troop, the Browntown Ocelots,
to save the world, Santa Claus, and Christmas as we know it, assisted
by Walt and Madge, her bewildered parents, along with Dolby Jenks, World’s
Number One Champion Detective. Available in
hardcover or download. |
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