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