The End of the End of Everything
A collection of dark and uncanny stories that finds fragile human feeling inside visions of collapse, menace, and strange beauty.
Work Information
Stories of collapse and uncanny dread that still leave room for human feeling.
Dale Bailey’s story collection presents nine pieces that move between apocalypse, eerie domesticity, and the ache that remains after the world shifts.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Arche Pr
- Published
- 2015-04-07
- Pages
- 227 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 13.97 x 2.54 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781630230074
- ISBN-10
- 1630230073
- Price
- 48065 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Horror
Dale Bailey's new collection, The End of the End of Everything, is filled with hope. As we rush headlong toward a "Choose Your Own Apocalypse" future, Bailey hangs back, refusing to let go of the indelible ferocity of the human heart. His stories are filled with the vibrant sound of those hearts, always beating. There is the Creature from the Black Lagoon, who is more human than any of those he meets in Hollywood; Eleanor, who works at the End-of-the-World Café, and who sees the depravity and despair of the Pit every day, yet never gives up hope for her ailing child; and young Tom, lost in a world scorched by the sun, who follows the rumor of angels still hanging on the wind. Reminiscent of Ray Bradbury and Richard Matheson, Dale Bailey mixes the macabre in with his melancholy, crafting stories that linger long after their reading. He sees a dark world that is growing darker, but he carries with him a light that refuses to go out.
Dale Bailey lives in North Carolina with his family. He has published three novels, The Fallen , House of Bones , and Sleeping Policeman (with Jack Slay Jr.). His short fiction has won the International Horror Guild Award and has been nominated for the Nebula Award and the Bram Stoker Award. He is working on a new novel titled The Subterranean Season .
Reviews
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Great first story....all the rest were totally forgettable and really really bad, not silly or stupid, just bad...save your money and more importantly your time....DO NOT LOOK AT THIS CRAP....
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Following up on THE RESURRECTION MAN'S LEGACY comes this new collection of stories by one of the truly stellar artists of the short story. Mr. Bailey is also an accomplished novelist, but I love the short story medium and here is a collection of rare device. There are some authors who, to me, represent their time and place, particularly in genre fiction. How many thousands of such stories have I read? And what a treat it is to find this extraordinary storyteller whose tales can be chilling, whose characters are palpable, and who weaves such yarns time after time? My lifetime has given me the likes of Bradbury, Sturgeon, Henderson, Davidson, Serling, Beaumont, Brennert. To this list, add this young writer, already with such a list of accomplishments. But we don't read accomplishments; we read stories. Dale Bailey is one of the great storytellers of his generation. Some of the stories are moody, some stunning, some inventive, some sadly funny, and some will leave you in search of a category. All will please the lover of short-form fiction. All share Bailey's inventiveness and commitment to his characters. Most highly recommended.
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Literary fantasy and science fiction. Almost a tour through the American literary canon, with nods toward Bradbury, Steinbeck, Hemingway, and many others, but with a twist to all of the tales. Well worth picking up.
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Worth it for the title story alone, but no duds.
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Quite a ride! Stylish, mesmerizing from start to finish!