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