‘Friday Black’ by Nana Kwameadjei-Brenyah

I got this collection of short stories from the library. I thought the first story, The Finkelstein Five, was pretty good. I also liked the two stories that turned the consumerism of Black Friday shopping events and turned them into zombie plagues. More than anything (and I realise this is going to sound shifty) there were a couple of stories in this that really highlighted how a lot of short stories are structured. I’m thinking mainly of The Era, which felt very familiar in its storytelling, even though the context was interesting. I don’t know. You look at stories long enough, you start to see patterns.

It’s gone back to the library already. I wish I’d kept it longer, just so I could study it a bit more. Books like that are funny - you might not like them, but they can teach you things.

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