Something I did write for the LA Times

A review of The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford in the 11/9 paper. Here’s how it starts.

The collection “The Drowned Life” raises a banner to salute the power of the imagination. Jeffrey Ford doesn’t just invent one world with its own rules, creatures and imagery — he creates dozens in 16 dreamlike stories, which move between science fiction, fantasy and (mostly) normal backyards.

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