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$PDF In the Mean Time by Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author) free eReader touch how download reader > READ BOOK > In the Mean Time; http://bit.ly/2zmKULt > ONLINE BOOK > In the Mean Time; http://bit.ly/2zmKULt > DOWNLOAD BOOK > In the Mean Time; http://bit.ly/2zmKULt Book descriptionReview originally published at The Nervous Breakdown:http://www.thenervousbreakdown.com/rt...When you enter the world of Paul Tremblay most anything can happen, and usually does. His recent collection, In The Mean Time (ChiZine Publications) defies expectations, the cover art a soft purple hue all filled with glittery type. It shows the faces of two sweet girls, which at first glance (pay attention, readers, the show starts here) could be two sisters sitting very close together, twins maybe. But no, itвЂ™s a two-headed girl, the first of many things that are not what then seem to be, the first of many times where Tremblay takes you by the hand and whispers sweet nothings in your ear, all the while the world falling apart around you, infrastructures crumbling, supplies running out, strange diseases wiping out the populace. But beyond all of that is the emotion, the humanity of what it must be like to exist in such end days, and it is here that he ratchets up the stories to more than just post-apocalyptic terror, dwelling in the individuals and families that are struggling to survive, to connect, to have a normal conversation, a memory that doesnвЂ™t send it all fracturing into shards of a former existence. ItвЂ™s here between the floors where thereвЂ™s no light, and yet, a sprinkling of hope.The first story in this collection pulls no punches, and certainly Tremblay started off with this unnerving tale for this reason. One of my favorite stories of the collection, вЂњThe TeacherвЂќ takes a normal group of high school overachievers, and turns their AP History class upside down (WhatвЂ™s the saying? Those who ignore history are bound to repeat it?), showing them that the world out there isnвЂ™t all puppies and Facebook and Algebra. Sometimes in the most banal of settings life is horrific, and the responsibility of it all starts with the individual:вЂњWe loved him before we walked into the room. We loved him when we saw his name on our schedules. Mr. Sorent says, вЂAll right, this is going to be a special class.вЂ™ We love him because of the music and movie posters on his walls, the black stud earring in his left ear, his shoulder-length hair. We love him because of those black horn-rimmed glasses; the same glasses we see people wearing on TV and in movies. We love him because he looks like us.вЂќThe key to this passage is in the final sentence, вЂњWe love him because he looks like us.вЂќ But no, he is not like them, he has witnessed atrocities, and they have shaped him. The students have no idea what is coming next, they have not experienced life, felt the pain or seen the horror that he has, that most adults have, out in the вЂњreal worldвЂќ.So, he shows it to them. He shows them car accidents and war and autopsies, but the very first video is the one that sticks with them, destroys them, so they can be rebuilt (most of them, anyway), pausing the tape, advancing the video a single frame per day, slowly revealing the inevitable:вЂњThe$