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REVIEWING TODAY: MOMENTARY ILLUMINATION OF OBJECTS IN MOTION BY JASON ARIAS

Some writers, the most skillful among them, have the uncanny knack, or gift, or God-given talent to instantly make a reader his/her best friend, sitting comfortably in a bar (or coffee shop, or at the kitchen table) sharing a beer or other favorite beverage, listening to his/her best friend unweave a tale to make him/her forget everything but what is said; right here, right now. Jason Arias is such a writer, and his exquisitely titled collection of elegantly concise, emotionally hypnotic short stories, Momentary Illumination of Objects in Motion, is comprised of such tales as can be told only by your most gifted BFF. The appetizer to his tellings? A relevance so immediate and intimate to your life, it will make you blush.

Momentary Illumination of Objects in Motion is precisely what Jason Arias perfectly provides in these semi-short offerings: illuminating glimpses into what makes us feel so deeply, makes us most alive, and possibly even makes us understand our lives a little better. The title of his first piece, Deer Don’t Scream, Do They? should serve to introduce the sparse but compelling style with which Arias proceeds: a simple concept, a momentary plot, a lifetime transformation. You can feel it in the title. You experience it in the story. With the immediacy and impact of a fatal crash. And later, this little gem:

“Maria laid flat on top of me and put her lips to each corner of my mouth and said, “This is what grownups do, right?” And I was too scared to move, so I just laid there. And she just laid there. And I tried to understand how grownups ever wanted to do anything else.”

So few words, so much meaning, such incredible writing. A truly gifted author – the reader’s new best friend.

Joel R. Dennstedt – Top Reviewer for Readers’ Favorite

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