Journey of Souls by Michael Newton, Ph.D.

In case you have ever wondered what happens to the soul after the body dies, or in case you don't believe we have souls, this book is for you. Yet I am not sure I entirely believe what this book purports to uncover for us through the use of hypnotherapy. How do we know the interviews with therapy clients have not been invented? The interviews all sound suspiciously similar in the use of words, grammar, and level of vocabulary. Actually, all the client interviews sound like Dr. Newton!

Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett

The writing has such subtlety that one thinks the author must be mad. Indeed, from behind the dutiful prose about everyday things, come explosions of raw terror and rage. It is quite mesmerizing, really. I especially like the story called Control Knobs, about how the knobs on her kitchen appliance were crumbling, one by one, and after they were all broken she would have no way to cook anymore. The surface and the depths are not very far apart for this writer!