The stories in "The Soul as Strange Attractor" are described by one reader as "literary fiction edged with magic realism elements," in which, "early stories play out in the background and wings of later," ones. As the characters speak, their intent is the truth; they take themselves seriously. We need not, but if we share their sincerity, something cardinal may arise, like gravity waves from the edgeless outermost. The characters live in Mudgap, New...