Book review of The Poorly Made and Other Things by Sam Rebelein (opens in new tab)

There is something to be said for designing a creative sandpit, a place that you can return to and play within. Rather than writing new characters in a new place every book, you can return to the known. A shorthand exists. However, this is a double-edged sword, you can end up recreating the same stale book. Or you can create a set of short stories that surpasses the original. Welcome back to Sam Rebelein’s Edenville in The Poorly Made and Other Things. No matter how cheap the houses are in Ed...