[Dis]Connected Volume Two

[Dis]Connected presents poems and short stories about connection wrapped up in a most unique exercise in creative writing. Follow along as your favourite poets connect with each other; offering their poetry to the next person who tells a story based on the concept presented to them. With poetry, stories, and art, this is a one-of-a-kind presentation of connection and collaboration by Alicia Cook, Tyler Knott Gregson, Courtney Peppernell, Noah Milligan, Komal Kapoor, NL Shompole, Caitlyn Siehl, KY Robinson, Raquel Franco, and Wilder.

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[Sometimes I can see the fibres between things / The threads that connect us / Tie us all together TYLER KNOTT GREGSON]

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(@CentAvePub, 1 October 2019, 224 pages, ARC from @CentAvePub via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)

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I really enjoyed this collection and I thought the concept was very original. I would have preferred more poetry and the bulk of the collection is short stories. The best pieces were by Courtney Peppernell, Wilder, NL Shompole and Alicia Cook. There are some poems and stories I loved and some that didn't completely work. However, I enjoyed the whole collection. The best story is Strangers Tomorrow and it is heart-breaking. I also loved Ghosted. The only thing that let this down is the way the collection is structured. I had trouble at first following the flow of the work. This is probably intentional because of the theme and concept of the book but it made it an awkward reading experience until I got used to it. It's not always clear where one piece ends and one piece begins and the name of the writer is not always prominent.