Mooses with Bazookas: And Other Stories Children Should Never Read by S. D. Smith

MG Comedy. 160 Pages. 4 Stars

Synopsis:

Mooses with And Other Stories Children Should Never Read is a fun collection of stories. It’s exactly like The Count of Monte Cristo apart from the many differences. Our lawyers have instructed us to warn you that reading it may directly cause you to come down with every single disease you are worried about contracting. On the plus side, our nation’s beloved and heroic critics have had their say.

“FANTASTIC is not a word that comes to mind.”—Beth Hinkle, author of Elite Prose
“ASTOUNDING problems at the sentence level and beyond.”—Dr. Roger Johns, Ph. D
.“S. D. SMITH IS in dire need of A GENIUS editor.”—Art Simonson, Inner Ring Magazine
“This author had nothing MUCH BETTER to do THAN destroy the language of DICKENS, SHAKESPEARE, AUSTEN!”—Yammy Tork, Good Lit Guild

S. D. Smith has been called “America’s aft-most wordsmith” and is the award-losing author of more than ten books and less than thirty-seven books. He is half-man, half-rabbit, and half-mathematician. He lives in West Virginia with his wife and four children, because it would be kinda weird to live with some other family and super weird not to live in West Virginia.

My Review:

This is such a quick little read, but it’s remarkable and delightful. The levity is something we sorely need in this day and time. I love that it made me pause and feel like a kid again. It’s just a collection of silly, ridiculous shorts, but I think we need more of that in our lives.

It’s so easy to take everything so darn seriously all. the. time. But Mooses brims with creativity and the challenge to see the most amazing, wonderous things in the world around us. Wally’s letters were my favorite and I certainly hope there are more to be had in the future.

If you need a breath of sweet spring air, to close your eyes and feel the warm summer sunshine while laying in a field of grass, this is the collection for you. Put aside the weight of our modern culture, worries, adulting, and grief just for a spell and just breathe. Smile again. Laugh!

Mooses is silly and ridiculous and merry, a solid 4.5 stars. It’s a bright ray of laughter in an otherwise gloomy atmosphere. Dare to imagine wacky, weird, and wonderous things, if only for an afternoon.