The View from the Seventh Layer


The View from the Seventh Layer is a collection of 13 short stories by American author Kevin Brockmeier. The stories' genres include fables, science fiction, fairy tales, and a choose-your-own-adventure story. Each of the stories ties to the theme of considering big life questions through ordinary characters and ordinary problems.

Stories

  1. A Fable Ending in the Sound of a Thousand Parakeets
  2. The View from the Seventh Layer
  3. The Lives of the Philosophers
  4. The Year of Silence
  5. A Fable with a Photograph of a Glass Mobile on the Wall
  6. Father John Melby and the Ghost of Amy Elizabeth
  7. The Human Soul as a Rube Goldberg Device: A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Story
  8. The Lady with the Pet Tribble
  9. A Fable Containing a Reflection the Size of a Match Head in Its Pupil
  10. Home Videos
  11. The Air Is Full of Little Holes
  12. Andrea Is Changing Her Name
  13. ''A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets''