In Veritas Lost<\/a>.\u00a0 I am really impressed in how Olivia developed the idea of being lost in truth.\u00a0 The prose is mostly stream of consciousness, but maintains the tension of the story by routinely returning to comment on the action and environment.\u00a0 Olivia says that she originally sought to write a \u201cpost-apocalyptic dystopian Great Gatsby with lesbians\u201d and that it developed its own direction.\u00a0 Elements of the original idea abound and are very well handled.\u00a0 It is post-apocalyptic dystopian without falling prey to the more typical depictions of such a world.\u00a0 It is also highly descriptive and poetic without falling prey to a confusing mass of floral adjectives.<\/p>\nYour book shelves could use this story, so you should check out Olivia’s shop via the links above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Olivia M of Paradox Now Creations initiated a zine trade with me; my first ever!\u00a0 I am so glad she did, and that a few days later\u00a0 Dark Light, Ailenn and Mark, and In Veritas Lost were waiting in my mailbox. 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