UFOs and GOD: A Collection of Short Stories

UFOs and God isnot a single-themed collection but a diverse assortment of distinct individualskayaking their way through the erratic channels of this journey we call life. Someof these stories are sharp edged and crafted to cut you emotionally to thequick. Others are inviting like a warm cozy room on a bitter cold day. A couple- it is hoped - will simply make you laugh. As Diane C. Donovan, SeniorReviewer at Donovan's Literary Services points out, there is much more to UFOs and God than the title suggests.

"The short stories in UFOsand God are fictional works, but aside from the title piece, anyone whoanticipates that this book will be centered around UFOs should be advised thatthere are bigger scenarios at stake, here; and these involve belief, perseverance,determination and survival.

"At the pivot point of many of these stories are basic,gritty assessments of life and why it's worth living, while others support thethemes of visionary belief systems, hope, and newfound revelation.

"'Locusts', for example, takes readers on a winding journeythrough a desolate wilderness brought about by the greed of mankind as itfollows the thoughts and trajectory of Thurgood Boyd, a farmer andenvironmentalist who views "evidence of the same shortsighted deeds" everywherein his world, and who (perhaps naively) anticipates a positive outcome even ashis grandparents struggle to hold on to the family farm.

"'Crossing the Burnside Bridge' contrasts the broken life ofan engineer whose divorce sparks a deeper questioning of love as he faces hisconflicted desire to both love and leave an upcoming family matter.

"Michael R. Lane's various characters stand at differentcrossroads in their lives: some brought about by their individual choices andtheir consequences; others forced upon them by the outside world and life'stwisting changes.

"The questioning process, the juxtaposition of past andpresent lives, and the ways in which people disappoint, say goodbye, or welcomenew opportunities lie at the crux of many of the pieces in UFOs and God.

"So if it's alien or religious stories that are anticipatedor desired; look elsewhere. UFOs and God is much more: it's a closerexamination of succinct moments in life where people get the opportunity tolook back, look ahead, or take a close look at the world; and each piece iscarefully crafted to support a reader's perceptions of their own 'aha' momentsin life.

"Short story readers who relish philosophical andpsychological introspection in a diverse array of characters and life-changingyet small events will find this collection thought-provoking in nature andsatisfyingly diverse in scope."

From farm to urban, from World War II to the Digital Age,from the dawn of life to its twilight, the places and times, people and eventsin UFOs and God spotlight the tenderunderbelly of the human condition in all its glory and despair on these variedstages of fiction.