The language and the writing are flawless as ever, making it very easy to recommend this book with a deserved 5 stars. I am not a huge fan of short stories but this one does make an important point in a great way, yet it is enjoyable for the fantasy aspects of it too. The individual life which can be the entire world for every one of us and the placing of it in the larger context – and vice versa - are well set off against each other. Loss on a small and on a bigger scale - this comparison between the personal life and life in general is cleverly explored and showcased in this short story. The title character refers to a mystery woman that David meets and who is responsible for the impeding Armageddon. This short story is a well written and cleverly constructed piece with great command of the language and despite its dark theme it has a great life-affirming message about the importance to keep going in one’s life. Then one day, due to extra-planetary events, it comes to light that the inevitable destruction of the world is at hand With great insight in to the human psyche and with a deep and almost philosophical narrative Sharpe shows us how David’s small world has fallen apart. “Destroyer of Worlds�� by Dennis Sharpe is the story of David, a man who lost his daughter all too soon, a man whose marriage has ended and a man who drinks way too much. These days he can be found still writing, drinking coffee with friends, or spending time with his children (the true joys of his life), in Western Kentucky. Even his fictional characters and worlds carry enough of the grey areas we experience in day-to-day life, to let us find the truth in his words, no matter how fantastic. He writes people we know, love we've known and lost (and found again), and places we've been in our lives and in our heads. Inspired by Neil Gaiman, Kurt Vonnegut, Frank Miller, Joss Whedon, Chrissie Pappas, Charles Bukowski, Stephen King, Douglas Adams, Issac Asimov, and countless classic literary influences, Dennis continues with the ability to write what at a glance might seem absurd, but quickly begins to resonate with our own thoughts and emotions. The voices in his head don't ever stop talking to him, and so sooner or later he has to get out onto a page all that they've filled him up with.

He has spent many late nights at diners and dives, drinking coffee with a tattered notebook to put a voice to his feelings of himself and the world around him, and other worlds that can exist only in fiction. His mother has told many people about the fantasy and science fiction stories he'd write on scraps of paper, and staple together as his 'books', before he'd attended his first day of formal education. Born and raised in the middle of the American Midwest, Dennis Sharpe has been a writer as long as he can remember.

Destroyer of Worlds by Dennis Sharpe