Core Truths by Lisa Fox

By Emma Fitzgerald -
Thank you @rararesoucers and @iamlisafox10800 for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Core Truths is a selection of short stories and each one is unique and stands out. The stories are a selection of genres: fantasy, horror and science that will keep you entertained. This is the first book I have read by Lisa Fox and they are a gripping and thrilling read. Each story holds your attention to the end. They are all written well and each has a good plot. If you enjoy short stories Core Truths is for you 5 stars. Core Truths Core Truths is Lisa Fox's debut collection of 18 speculative short stories that explore the quintessential values driving our thoughts, beliefs, and actions. Each tale culminates in a character's pivotal moment, the one that changes them forever. Sometimes their journey leads toward a rare epiphany or a beautiful resolution. But not every ending is happy. This assortment of science fiction, fantasy, and horror features robots and androids, biologists and metallurgists. Witches, vampires, sea elves and other mythical creatures traverse these pages along with ordinary humans living under extraordinary circumstances. All the characters in this collection confront hard truths. When a father and son encounter someone forbidden to exist, they m ust decide whether extending a kindness is worth risking their lives. Hand - picked by her deceased father to undertake an impossible mission, a young girl realizes that sometimes to be a hero, one needs to be a villain. A scientist from a dying planet is fo rced to weigh the value of one individual life against the lives of many; a scientist from Philadelphia finds his sanity challenged upon making a remarkable discovery. An ancient being questions the validity of doctrine. A clone questions what it means to be human. As speculative literary fiction, these narratives glean their energy from the fantastical. Written to shine a light on the world, each story in this anthology is intended to make us think about who we are as people, about those Core Truths that govern the lives we choose to live. Author Bio – Lisa Fox is a pharmaceutical market researcher by day and fiction writer by night. She thrives in the chaos of suburbia, residing in New Jersey (USA) with her husband, two sons, and Double - Doodle puppy. Her work has been featured in Dark Matter, Bards and Sages Quarterly, Metaphorosis, New Myths, Brilliant Flash Fiction, and Luna Station Quarterly, among other journals and anthologies. Lisa has had work nominated for the Pushcart Prize and for Best Small Fictions and is a previous winner of the NYC Midnight Short Screenplay competition. You can find Lisa and her published work via her website: lisafoxiswriting.com or on Twitter @iamlisafox10800

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