Richard Zwicker, Writer
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REVIEWS
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Richard Zwicker writes stories that are fun to read. He’s sold nearly fifty stories in recent years. It’s time the rest of the world learns why editors like his stories so much. If you enjoy speculative fiction and have a sense of humor, this story collection is for you.
Review of "Walden Planet" by Jeff Cates, author of "The Reb Riley Files"
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Richard Zwicker offers up a range of flavours in his value pack of a collection, which reminded me of the works of Philip K Dick and Ray Bradbury. Like Dick and Bradbury, Zwicker uses science fiction as a vehicle to explore logic problems and the vagaries of human nature.
Every story presents themes that could spark hours of over-a-pint discussion, and does it with humour that kept me reading and a lack of judgement that left me to make up my own mind.
Review of "Walden Planet" by D.J. Cockburn, author of "Caresaway"
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It's obvious that Edgar Allen Poe is an influence, especially considering the title story, "The Reopened Cask” that is not only a continuation of Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" but also includes Poe's detective C. Auguste Dupin to investigate the murder. Poe himself features in an SF story, "Twice upon a Midnight Dreary," which also includes literary stars Hawthrone and Melville. All three are androids, and among other literary androids, their task is to read, in a small park, their works. The tension, as well as the mood, increases when there is a crime to prevent. The androids weren't designed for detective work. Does that stop them? Of course not. It's a fun story, as are the others, written in seriousness or in humor, whether the loneliness of a deep-space mission or ripping apart the Greek pantheon. Zwicker covers all bases, and I highly recommend this anthology.
Review of "The Reopened Cask" by Chet Gottfried, author of "The Gilded Basilisk"
ABOUT
Richard Zwicker is a published author of over eighty short stories. Two collections of his work are "Walden Planet and other stories" and "The Reopened Cask and other stories. His third collection, "The Sum of Its Parts," will be published by Paper Angel Press in fall 2024.
Richard Zwicker's writing spans the genres of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and literary. Humor and seriousness often fight to a draw in his work. His books are available for purchase on Amazon.