The always wonderful Kristin Fouquet offers some kind words about As a Machine and Parts over at La Salon Annex:
Reminiscent of Metamorphosis and Flowers for Algernon, Caleb J. Ross takes us inside the mind of a man who is transforming. This man, Mitchell, experiences a slide from human to machine. This transformation coincides with the deterioration of his relationship with a much older lover, Marsha…Although I place As a Machine and Parts on the shelf alongside Charactered Pieces and Stranger Will, I will continue thinking about this book for some time.
But perhaps my favorite line, just because I’m glad this particular referent story hit home with another writer:
As writers, we must always wonder what is derivative and how many words we can truly call our own.
Read the full review. Then, buy As a Machine and Parts. And while you are at it, round out that Amazon free shipping deal and grab Fouquet’s incredible, Twenty Stories and Rampart & Toulouse.
