Name: Through the Walls
ISBN: 9781594650185

Jean-Luc Cornette

Stephane Oiry

Through the Walls

Maggie Gordon

Oh god, this is so French. Through the Walls is a series of short stories about a world where some people can just... phase through things. Stories range from humourous to quite dark. In one, a man saves his wife's friend from choking, but in another, a little girl is showing off for a friend who copies her and dies. Some of the stories were... frustrating in their treatment of how to deal with women. In one, a man is absolutely infatuated with a woman he meets, so much so that he slips into her apartment to watch her sleep. She wakes up one night and sees someone in the dark. She calls her friend to come comfort her when it was really him that freaked her out :l 

Despite some missteps, it's an intriguing little volume. It was neat to see the author explore the various ways that the world might change on a subtle, daily level. Just that one story... Uggg!