Anomaly Flats

By: Clayton Smith

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Somewhere just off the interstate, in the heart of the American Midwest, there's a quaint, quirky town where the stars in the sky circle a hypnotic void...where magnetic fields play havoc with time and perception...where metallic rain and plasma rivers and tentacles in the plumbing are simply part of the unsettling charm.

Mallory Jenkins is about to experience the unique properties of this place for herself - she'll have no choice, considering the collapsed bridge that rerouted her urgent and mysterious trip to Saskatchewan, forcing her straight into the heart of town, where her Impala has an inexplicable breakdown. She intends to stay overnight - just until the auto repair shop can make the fix in the morning and send her on her way. But Mallory will soon encounter Dr. Lewis Burnish, a scientist who's studied the town for a dozen years and knows more about its strangeness than even the locals do. And when she accidentally-on-purpose creates his evil clone, she'll set off a series of events that could unleash the ultimate evil upon the town and wreak havoc on the world at large. Life in a small town is like that sometimes.

Welcome to Anomaly Flats. Have some waffles, meet the folks, and enjoy the scenery...and if you happen to be in Walmart, whatever you do, don't go down aisle eight. Don't ever go down aisle eight.

©2015 Clayton Smith (P)2019 Tantor

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i enjoyed this book very much, and especially appreciated the snappy dialogue, richly imagined secondary characters, and widely inventive anomalies of the tridimensional nexus that is ANOMALY FLATS. the book is lorded with deadpan throwaway lines and bits of descriptive

It was ok.

It was ok. Kind of like Welcome to Night Vale, but not as immersive or charming.

If You Like Night Vale...

I really liked this book. It's very similar to welcome to Night Vale and feels slightly like either it could be a booney themed adjacent city or otherwise somehow part of that universe.

Great story…but would have been better with a different narrator.

I love the story and really enjoyed the ended. However, I think the story would have been better told by someone else whose voice didn’t sound so monotone.

Quirky Setting Wears Off Quickly

Nowhere near a charming as Welcome to Nightvale. After the absurdity of the town wears off, all that's left is the thorough unlikability of the main character, making the second half of the book a slog to get through.