Fate's a Bitch (and Then Someone Dies)
Being able to read another person's mind... it sounds like the sort of thing that could come in handy, doesn't it? “What would my friend like more than anything else on her birthday? Is that cute guy into me? Is the boss about to fire me, or give me a raise?” Knowing the answers to such things would be useful. The sticking point with an ability like this, however, is the matter of control: being able to read someone’s mind on command... but no more. The opposite situation--having zero control over what or when you picked up another’s thoughts--would hardly provide the same usefulness. Now, imagine if instead of channeling someone's thoughts (fears, hopes, dreams, whatever), what you could read was his or her future ... more precisely, the exact day, minute, hour--even method--of that person's death . Such is the life of one very unlucky soul, in author Chuck Wendig’s Blackbirds . Miriam Black is just a regular twenty-three-year-old girl. There’s nothi...