{"product_id":"kaleidoscope-paperback-2","title":"Kaleidoscope - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDerrick R. Lafayette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the French author Marcel Proust once remarked, the mind evokes endlessly changing thought patterns, much like a kaleidoscope. \u003cstrong\u003eReading Derrick R. Lafayette's Kaleidoscope: Dark Tales, a genuinely extraordinary collection of five short stories and a novella, is like gazing upon the world again and again through bits of colored glass.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn old gunfighter, accompanied by a Billy-the-Kid wannabe, arrives in a weird Wild West town to claim a straightforward bounty? But triggered by mistaken identity, the pair run afoul of a supernatural occurrence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA loner, held captive for months in a mud castle, escapes but feels certain he is still doomed? Walking a deserted highway to Elysian he meets Kali, the most perfect being, as well as assorted man-eating monsters while slowly descends into madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo Abbott-and-Costello-like scientists, marooned on a nuclear bomb-blasted planet, try to re-engineer soldier-cyborgs? Convinced they're living in the best of all possible worlds, they struggle to survive as enemy armies swarm around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA priest with supernatural ecclesiastical powers and an innocent young girl who has just buried her father board a Victorian horse-drawn coach, beginning a journey into a spirit-infested netherland where nothing is as it seems?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat happens when . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA middle-class black family - father, mother and teenaged son - reveal their innermost thoughts and experiences, unaware that COVID-19 will strike its first deadly blow within a week?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's more. \u003cstrong\u003eMedieval fantasy. Science fiction. A paranoiac who plays chess against himself but cannot win. No dark tale in Kaleidoscope - whether magical realism, fantasy, science fiction, absurdist, dystopian or Fabulist - is beyond Lafayette's keen observations and engaging storytelling. \u003c\/strong\u003eRod Serling (\"The Twilight Zone\") would have loved to create radio dramas from these dark tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52524736250163,"sku":"9780984036998","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/azlWZ0JhMlBiUldLZkU1WndpYVRpUT09.webp?v=1760594333","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/kaleidoscope-paperback-2","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}