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Graveyard People: The Collected Cedar Hill Stories, Volume 1
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"Braunbeck's fiction is the lonely howl of a wolf baying
at the moon. His characters, whether single, dating, or married,
are filled with a desperate loneliness. Some despair because they
never achieved their youthful goals, others because they never met
their soul mates, and still others because they did, only to lose
them. Love is the only balm that can soothe them, but even its promise
is empty because sooner or later we lose everyone we love, or they
lose us. Suffering is inevitable, but what's worse is wondering
if that suffering has any point. Graveyard People is absolutely
essential reading for anyone who values dark literature ... a treasure
trove of some of the most emotionally engaging fiction in the horror
field." "Whether exposing the darkness of human motivation with screams
or whispers, Braunbeck reveals a paralyzing truth: the monsters
we conceal beneath logic and faith are not only formed by conditions
outside ourselves; they're created by each impression and prejudice
from within. A dark lesson from an author who explores worlds of
terror with words of pain in a collection that succeeds admirably
well in creating an entire geography of people, landmarks, legends,
and experiences." "Gary A Braunbeck is simply one of the finest writers to come
along in years. His work is chilling, touching, moving, and above
all, compassionate and human. He elevates the genre with everything
he writes. If you've read him, you already know this, but if you
haven't, take this book home, get comfortable, and see what you've
been missing -- you're in for a treat." |
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