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Loading... Plow the Bones (Apex Voices) (Volume 1)by Douglas F. Warrick
   None No current Talk conversations about this book.   This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) The_Scaffold | Nov 20, 2015 |  This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. ) bookwyrmm | Sep 20, 2014 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.In very few words, Warrick hones in on those things that cause the most sense of dread and unease, whether it's losing one's mind to dementia and Alzheimers, or confronting death, disease, torture, or betrayal. He takes no cheap shots - these stories are absolutely original looks at these subjects, and at the same time, they seem to tap into some kind of collective unconscious dread. Not recommended as bedtime reading, unless you like your dreams uncomfortable and with a generous dose of indelible imagery. ( ) GwenH | Jan 22, 2014 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.I didn't love every story in this collection, but they were each skillfully, no, masterfully told, every one. Every. One. Like, for reals. There is no filler in this book. Not a story, not a sentence, not a word. The first story in the collection is Behindeye: A History. I read this story. Then I read it again. Then I elbowed my husband and read it out loud to him. The whole story. Because it's THAT good. It's not the only one either. If you like dark stories and beautiful writing, this collection is one you are not going to want to miss. I received a copy of it as part of a LibraryThing giveaway, but I totally intend to pick up another, physical, copy because this is one of those titles that I really must have on my shelves. And you probably should too. (  )1  RhondaParrish | Nov 14, 2013 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.My favorite stories are: Her Father’s Collection: Scenes and timing are great. Zen and the Art of Gordon Dratch’s Damnation: An interesting take on religion and being religious. Come to My Arms, My Beamish Boy: Haven't read any better story on horrors of Alzheimer's and weird but love. Across the Dead Station Desert, Television Girl: This was about gender, AI's and being human. A less talented writer might ruin it but Warrick gets it right. You should buy this book and read it at least twice. Not reading Warrick is missing an important writer. ( ) turkcebkf | Sep 10, 2013 | no reviews | add a review
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With an artist's eye for language and form, Douglas F. Warrick sculpts surreal topiary landscapes out of dream worlds made coherent. Dip into a story that is self-aware and wishes it were different than what it must be. Recount a secret held by a ventriloquist's dummy. Wander a digital desert with an AI as sentience sparks revolution. Follow a golem band that dissolves over the love of a groupie. In these pages, interdimensional lampreys feed on a dying man's most precious memories, and a manga artist's sketches remake Osaka into part fantasy, part nightmare. Combining elements of fantasy, magical realism, and horror, the collection floats on a distinctly literary voice that is creepy, surreal and just plain weird. "Almost impossible stories filled with surprising warmth and strangeness by a studied craftsman of the imagination. Douglas F. Warrick's Plow the Bones has provided dangerous tales of puppets with secrets, unforgettable rock bands, haunted closets and people who may or may not be human; perhaps they're more than human. From transformative games with strangers to poor souls experiencing heaven and hell (and not quite sure which is which), you will never forget these unsettling stories." &emdash;Ann VanderMeer, Hugo Award-winning editor of The New Weird "It's been far too long since I've read a collection of horror stories that actually disturbed me. This one did. Like the bastard child of Chuck Palahniuk and Clive Barker, Doug Warrick writes feverishly, like a man on a charnel train that is relentlessly barreling its way through corrupt and ugly terrain, heading for some great, unknowable horror. Herein lies a gruesome gathering of Gothic nightmares fashioned from Warrick's lyrical, affecting, mesmeric prose. One of the finest collections I've read in quite some time." --Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Turtle Boy, Kin, and Nemesis No library descriptions found. |
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