Insomniac Booth (eBook)

Clive Gilson (Autor)

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2019
310 Seiten
Clive Gilson (Verlag)
978-1-913500-74-0 (ISBN)

Infos

The Insomniac Booth continues many of the themes that first emerged in Clive Gilsons earlier collection of short stories, The Mechanics Curse. This second collection continues with the investigation of magical realism and the glories of traditional folk and faery tales.As ever, these are intimate tales, focusing on broad but subtle themes and personal recollections. Clive Gilsons stories continue to link recurring themes of fantasy with urban and future decay splintered glass, dust motes and cracked plaster; the loss of loved ones, of the ability to remember; black and white movies of the mind; shafts of golden light shattered by war; haunted memories and the night darks. There is a poetic lilt to the narrative, that delights in the minutiae of observation, bringing the mundane into the spotlight, giving it a meaning and beauty that is mostly lost on us busy ones; there is the terror of the ordinary, the shadow in the midday sun; and then there is the humour: sharp, cynical, painfully astute. Clive Gilsons stories reverberate in the mind, long after theyve been read. They connect us in their telling, because we relate to these deep, dark moments of human emotion that make us who we are. These are, indeed, black and white movies for the mind...

Inhalt

Rag Trade Gepetto

The Politician's New Speech

The Insomniac Booth

Beginning with Smith

Heirs and Graces

Fergus on A Bridge

The Starving Wolf

Fancy and the Flutter

Towering Dreams

Do Unto Others

The Mobile Phone

For The Love Of Comets

The Tender Kiss

Only The Names Change

Jamul’s Happy Day

Jack and Jill Went Up the Hill

Where the Grass Is Greenest

Hesperus Wrecked

Picking the Wings off Crane Flies

Lord of the North Wind

The Assistant Shop Manager

Pigs and Dogs

Bastille Day

The Last Watchman

This Song is for You

About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.12.2019
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Horror
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: Fairy tales • Fantasy • Horror • Mystery • Myths • Occult • Short Stories • Storytelling • Suspense • Thriller
• ISBN-10: 1-913500-74-8 / 1913500748
• ISBN-13: 978-1-913500-74-0 / 9781913500740