The sooey pill
#THE SOOEY PILL SERIES#
The book is a series of vignettes featuring small episodes or emotional experiences of an individual. I found the story published in this collection of her short stories, Sweet Mysteries of Life. A short while ago, I began an Internet search and discovered it was called the Sooey Pill by Elaine Slater, published in 1969. Many years ago, I read a short story set in the future that really stuck with me, but I could not remember the title or author. In a nutshell, they explore the sweet and not so sweet mysteries of life.more They look at how we relate to authority, to government and even to the horrors of a future world without promise. They explore the relationship of parent and child,of lovers, of husband and wife, of neighbors. Each vignette deals with an aspect of human relationships, relationships that transform themselves as we stumble through different states of life, relating to one another in humorous, serious or even murderous ways. Often it is up to the reader to discover what has happened. In each, something has been set in motion that will change forever the lives of the protagonists in small or large ways. Almost all are true yet not true, Several are pure fantasy. Each vignette deals with an aspect of human relationships, relations The stories this collection deal with life's quotidian mysteries.
The stories this collection deal with life's quotidian mysteries.