review

TRASH BIRD – REZA FARAZMAND

By karen t. brissette

Posted on December 3, 2019

Trash Bird by Reza Farazmand
My rating: 4/5 cats
One Star

WELCOME TO DECEMBER PROJECT!

this explanation/intro will be posted before each day’s short story. scroll down to get to the story-review.

this is the FOURTH year of me doing a short story advent calendar as my december project. for those of you new to me or this endeavor, here’s the skinny: every day in december, i will be reading a short story that is 1) available free somewhere on internet, and 2) listed on goodreads as its own discrete entity. there will be links provided for those of you who like to read (or listen to) short stories for free, and also for those of you who have wildly overestimated how many books you can read in a year and are freaking out about not meeting your 2019 reading-challenge goals. i have been gathering links all year when tasty little tales have popped into my feed, but i will also accept additional suggestions, as long as they meet my aforementioned 1), 2) standards.

if you scroll to the end of the reviews linked here, you will find links to all the previous years’ stories, which means NINETY-THREE FREEBIES FOR YOU!

2016: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show…
2017: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show…
2018: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show…

reviews of these will vary in length/quality depending on my available time/brain power.

so, let’s begin

DECEMBER 3

i’m not sure if this counts as a short story, but i make the rules ’round here, so ppbblltt. you might say, but “karen—this is a series of webcomics rather than one cohesive story.” and i would say “ppbblltt!” and you might say, “but karen—this is basically a 173-page book, which is not particularly short.” and i would say “ppbblltt!” and you might say, “but karen—isn’t the phrase ‘trash bird’ redundant?” and i would say, “why, yes—you have a point there. good on you.”

anyway, this is basically an online-only book by the guy who did Poorly Drawn Lines: Good Ideas and Amazing Stories, Comics for a Strange World: A Book of Poorly Drawn Lines, and Poorlier Drawn Lines, all of which i have read and enjoyed. this one features a very confident bird who thinks about stuff and things and loves pizza. i do not like birds, but i do enjoy this one’s sass. here are my favorites: