Ms. Never Might Be Best Novel of the Year

NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ms. Never is the story of a woman whose dissatisfaction has apocalyptic consequences, and a guy who buys human souls with the user agreements through cell-phone contracts. They fall in love, and soon have to risk everything to save their family - and reality itself. It's an ambitious novel that's already

"Dodds offers a transfixing, fantastic narrative that first seems like two separate, weird tales. It's a fabulist, careening plot… The author executes the story with exacting, direct prose and characters who live and breathe in the mind, even as their own realities seem built on shifting ground. He keeps the tale moving forward with sublime aplomb, even though, at numerous points, the material could have easily gone off the rails. The vanished, fondly recalled Greater Majestic Anointed Commonwealth of Ohio, for example, is only sparingly hinted at; it wasn't a paradise, but it certainly made for an interesting home address. Although that particular bit of business might serve as a nice metaphor for the mindsets of imaginative sci-fi/fantasy readers who long to escape daily, dreary reality, this is too broad and rich a work to pigeonhole as a collection of inside jokes. Instead, it shows great psychological and philosophical nuance, ruminating on relationships, family, commerce, art, sacrifice... an exceptional work."– Kirkus Reviews (STARRED REVIEW)

"Smart and mysterious… With themes uniquely developed and a musicality to the prose… this is a great story with a powerful theme and just about enough mystery to keep you asking questions. It introduces a really unique concept on understanding depression and its impact… this one is sure to satisfy" – Independent Book Review

"Ms. Never is a big-picture novel, which encompasses the nature of reality, the universe, and life after death… a crazy world, but even the craziest parts of it have a ring of truth to them… Dodds' prose is exquisite… Farya's battle is the battle we all face: to impose a meaning on a world we only partially understand by fighting to retain what is worthwhile and battling against those people and events that cheapen everything around us… an imaginative, creative triumph and one that has some power to change the reader" – Lost Coast Review

"MS. NEVER is a vast, multifaceted undertaking… adjectives like 'riveting, complex, detailed, skillfully crafted' come immediately to mind… delves into comparisons between worlds imagined and worlds that were… manipulating spiritual infrastructures, making a fast buck from knock-off universes… chock full of intriguing ideas" – IndieReader Reviews

About the Author
Colin Dodds is a writer with several celebrated books to his name, including WATERSHED. His poetry collection Spokes of an Uneven Wheel was published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company in 2018. Colin has also directed short films, and built a twelve-foot-high pyramid out of PVC pipe, plywood and zip ties. He lives in New York City with his wife and daughter.

Ms. Never
by Colin Dodds
402 Pages, 5"X8"
Hardcover $26.00 (available as an ebook and an audiobook)
Science Fiction, Literary Fiction
Publication Date: November 1, 2019
ISBN: 978-0972180597
Contact: [email protected]
More info at: thecolindodds.com

EVENTS
Ms. Never Launch Party
November 9, 7PM at the 4th Avenue Pub (76 4th Ave., Brooklyn, NY)

Ms. Never Reading with Circus Jerks author Aaron Smith
December 7, 5PM at the BookMark Shoppe (8415 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY)

SOURCE Colin Dodds