Gifts for the One Who Comes After
A short story collection that weaves loss, inheritance, family memory, and uncanny imagery into a lyrical yet unsettling whole.
Work Information
A lyrical and unsettling collection about family, memory, and the uncanny.
Helen Marshall’s second collection presents seventeen stories that move between loss and inheritance, tenderness and dread, in sharply imagined forms.
Book Information
- Publisher
- ChiZine Publications
- Published
- 2014-09-15
- Pages
- 360 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 1.91 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781771483025
- ISBN-10
- 1771483024
- Price
- 7142 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Short Stories/Anthologies
WINNER OF THE 2015 WORLD FANTASY AWARD! WINNER OF THE 2014 SHIRLEY JACKSON AWARD! SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2014 BRAM STOKER AWARD! SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 BRITISH FANTASY AWARD! LONGLISTED FOR THE 2015 EDGE HILL SHORT STORY PRIZE! Ghost thumbs. Microscopic dogs. One very sad can of tomato soup . . . Helen Marshalls second collection offers a series of twisted surrealities that explore the legacies we pass on to our children. A son seeks to reconnect with his father through a telescope that sees into the past. A young girl discovers what lies on the other side of her mothers bellybutton. Deaths wife prepares for a very special funeral. In Gifts for the One Who Comes After , Marshall delivers eighteen tales of love and loss that cement her as a powerful voice in dark fantasy and the New Weird. Dazzling, disturbing, and deeply moving. Praise for Gifts for the One Who Comes After Helen Marshall whispers in your ear when she fits the noose around your neck, filling you with wonder and dread, urging you into a startling, beautiful darkness. These storieswhich sometimes feel more like spellsare the very best kind of unsettling. Benjamin Percy, author of Red Moon , The Wilding , Refresh, Refresh , and The Language of Elk Helen Marshall is a writer who creates real people in real situations, then uses the fantastic to pry her way inside her readers ribcages and break us wide open. Neil Gaiman, international bestselling author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Helen Marshall’s debut collection Hair Side, Flesh Side earned her praise as “the new face of horror” ( January Magazine ). Her work has been nominated for the Aurora Award from the Canadian Society of Science Fiction and Fantasy, the Bram Stoker Award from the Horror Writers Association, and the Sydney J. Bounds Award from the British Fantasy Society, which she won in 2013.
Reviews
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I've been savouring this collection, starting with the intriguing cover and moving through each heart-wrenching but beautiful story. When I find a writer who challenges me to step up my own creative game, I take note. Marshall is one of these writers. Her ability to draw you in and disturb you to your core is impressive. And I look forward to reading more of her work in the future.
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I have always been a fan of Sci Fi and horror. Helen's style of writing is refreshingly unique. Well done
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Marshall has a way with words that makes the macabre and creepy beautiful. While it was a little harder to get into a couple of the later short stories in the collection that were 2nd person, and there was a story that I’m certain had a deeper meaning (I’m terrible at finding those), each and every story was written with graceful prose. Once I started reading, it pulled me along, demanding that I continue from story to story to see what happened next. There were a couple stories that were difficult for me to read with themes of miscarriage. I think my favourite story was the one that told you right from the start how the story would end, but encouraged you to read through, because reading the end of the story first wouldn’t make any sense. I followed Marshall’s instructions, and I understood exactly what she meant. And even with her telling the reader how it would end, I still found it surprising. The variety of voices and locations was refreshing, and it was amazing how she could get me to want to know more about all the varied characters in the stories. Well done, and highly recommended.
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Middle to Fine but easily forgettable.
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Interesting book, definitely weird. Along the lines of the TV series, American Horror Story. Great for my October book club pick.