Description
Passing Strange is a collection of 12 short stories. Most are Science-Fiction, a few are weird tales written to tantalize the imagination. Could we be living in a video game? What would you do if you found alien poop in your neighborhood park? What would you wish for if you were granted only one? What if an alien offered to solve our global warming crisis? Would you be willing to sell your soul? Would you go back in time to save the one you love? What kind of test would you use to identify an alien posing as human? These are a few of the questions pondered in Passing Strange. I think you’ll find these stories fast and fun to read but also with ideas to ponder.
From the Author
Some of these stories carry on my concern with contemporary social issues (such as global warming, bullying, abortion, animal rights, gun control, etc.) by extrapolating them into the future or exploring them thru unusual perspectives. Other stories here briefly ponder philosophical questions such as the nature of good and evil and the concept of justice. Some are simply for the fun of making our spines tingle a bit. Many of these stories are written from a feminist perspective. I like to think each story will be a thought provoker that you will consider the implications of after reading.
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Extraordinary Insights
"Baldwin tells the reader in his Introduction that he is a layman in the matters of science and philosophy, yet when you read his poems, you become instantly aware that they come from a highly knowledgeable, informed mind on most any subject. His poems bring extraordinary transformations and insights to the myriad of concerns of the human experience. Luminously written poems by one of the most interesting and intelligent poets I have read."
-- Dave Parsons, 2011 Texas Poet Laureate; author of Reaching For Longer Water
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Astonishingly Graceful
"Elegant, astonishingly graceful poems about the ineffable inquiries of life -- the unresolved impulses and curiosities assailing us from all directions -- if we think -- if we care. Michael Baldwin has made powerful magic that feels deeply comforting through articulate and companionable consideration of the great mysteries."
-- Naomi Shihab Nye, prolific poet and novelist; recipient of the 1988 Academy of American Poets' Lavan Award
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Cosmic Experience
"Michael Baldwin has tackled the Big Ones: time, love, fate, spirit, universe. He is unafraid to say he doesn't know, and in that courage, much is surely true of 'the journey we so dream-dread.' Let Baldwin's finely wrought poems take you to the edge of the galaxies and back home through time-space, to thoughtful wisdom and the humility of being human."
-- Jan Seale, 2012 Texas Poet Laureate, author of The Wonder Is
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