Goldfish Tears by Curtis Ackie: A good looking collection of shorts. Here’s the descriptor:
A perturbed bachelor is beleaguered by his misbehaving shadow; a reclusive alchemist builds a machine to right his wife’s disfigurement; the sun forgets to rise over a sleepy town in the middle of nowhere. Equal parts haunting and outlandish, Goldfish Tears is an enchanting collection of short stories by Curtis Ackie, a young British-born author concerned with the magic of dreams as escapism.
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The book is full of charming illustrations that evoke whimsy and dread:
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