Little Free Library

It was a pleasant read, but there wasn't enough meat on the bones for me. It takes just long enough to introduce a compelling concept, but the ending felt like dropping a hot potato.

It's very “Hey! How about this cool idea?”; “Yes... and?”; “Nah, that's it.”

I do generally enjoy open endings without the conventional resolutions; I don't need to have all the ends tied up. However, I felt that this one didn't quite stick the landing and I think needed more time to develop things. I've only really started getting into short stories recently, so I'm not sure if this is a trapping of the format, though I've read other Tor short stories recently that I think did accomplish this kind of open ending with more success and satisfaction.

It did inspire me to possibly start a little library on my front fence, so, that was fun.