Praise for “The Town News” and the opening chapters of Skunk in the anthology ParaSpheres

“Poignant, beautifully written and filled with emotional intensity . . .[“The Town News”] is one of the best stories in the anthology [ParaSpheres].” —Bloomsbury Review

“As an exploration of the tenderness that one human can have for another, [“The Town News”] is outstanding.” —ForeWord

“… most of the authors with multiple contributions in ParaSpheres are also those who have upcoming novels from Omnidawn. The best of these is “Skunk” by Justin Courter, a John Collier-ish tale of a social misfit with a strange affection for the musk of his pet skunks whose resulting personal isolation may be imperiled by a chance meeting with a woman who has a similar fetish for the smell of fish.” —SF Site Reviews

“The most amazing aspect of [Skunk] is that it actually turns out to veer, by the end, from the creepy to the sweet. The same author’s short story “The Town News” is a deeply affecting work that has more conventional touchstones (e.g., a man who can see into the future), but is written with a strange poignancy that binds these elements together into a seamless whole.” —Rain Taxi