Short Reviews: John Kessel

"Buffalo" [permanent link]. A what-if kind of story set in the 1930s where the author examines what might have happened if his father had met H.G. Wells when Wells was visiting the U.S.
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"The Miracle of Ivar Avenue" [permanent link]. A story that starts off as an apparently simple mystery turns into something quite different. A body is found on a beach that appears to be that of a famous Hollywood director. But the said director is alive and well but acts suspiciously. The detective on the case has to figure out what is going on and when he does, the result are amazing and may be called a miracle indeed.
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"Ninety Percent of Everything" [permanent link]. An interesting story (co-authored by James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel and Jonathan Lethem that pays homage to the saying that "Ninety percent of everything is rubbish." In this story, an alien species known as 'shit dogs' have landed on various locations on Earth and are eating they way into it, occasionally 'excreting' fabulous crystals in exteremely smelly 'dung heaps'. A wealthy man and his team attempt to access the crystals. But will the attempt cause repurcussions among the aliens; or are they even paying attention to the correct alien items?
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