Libby Marshall has created a waggish, mischievous collection that you will thoroughly enjoy; all sorts of witty vignettes, poems, quips, and stories that originate from a unique perspective. For example, one from a series of epigrams entitled “Millennial Gravestones”,

Mariah died driving her dad’s old Ford

But no need to cry a wailing chorus

Her horoscope said

Never trust a Taurus

While Marshall’s point of view is cleverly inventive, many of her characters are snide and even snarky. These were some of my favorite pieces, such as “Cooper’s Hawk”, the story of Mabel, an intelligent, bitter nursing home resident who reveals herself to be not merely judgmental and sarcastic, but downright dangerous. Other stories give us a creative premise, humorously containing social commentary, like Sonya in “Signs”, who has always completely depended on a posterboard that magically displays words that only she can see, describing her feelings; or the pretentious, foolish trophy wife and her egotistical, sadistic husband, who acquire a wise hermit to live in a fairy tale cottage on their estate, in “Garden Hermit.”

Marshall’s style sits alongside Stephen Wright’s “Processed Cheese”, or Kevin Wilson’s “Nothing to See Here.” You will quote pieces to friends on Instagram and post on Facebook. Laugh, share, repeat.