How’s your week going? Reading anything good lately? Drop your current read or a recommendation! 📚
My week is going fine… surviving on books, tea, and mild overthinking 😅
I’ve just picked up A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James as my current read, and I’m fully prepared to question every shadow in my house by tonight.
Name of Book: World's Edge
Author: James Sallis
Publisher: RB Media
Publication Date: Feb 10, 2026
No. of Hours: 5 Hours 3 Minutes
Narrator: Dan John Miller
Format: Audiobook
All I wanted was for my life, when you picked it up in your hands, to have some weight to it.
In a not-so-distant future the United States has fragmented, balkanizing into unstable provinces often at war with one another, and Americans, their great promise not so much lost as forfeited, are encountering the terrors and devastation so much of the world daily lives with. Throughout a land littered with refugees, ruins, orphaned children, soldiers, militia, and fugitives, people go on about their daily lives as best they can.
The five linked stories of World’s Edge track the false starts and stall-outs of a nation and civilization trying to rise again, to rebuild, and of individuals caught up in that rebirthing. As ever, the only true history lies in the story of individual lives, in the old rag and bone shop of our hearts.
My Opinion
World's Edge by James Sallis is a sci-fi dystopian collection of interlinked short stories that, unfortunately, didn’t quite work for me. The premise sounded intriguing, but as I moved from one story to another, I struggled to find a clear connection tying them together. The narrative felt fragmented, and I couldn’t really grasp a solid overarching plot. At times, it seemed more atmospheric than structured, which made it harder to stay invested. That said, the narrator genuinely did his best to bring life and emotion into the text, adding some much-needed depth to an otherwise confusing reading experience.
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