Living Shadows
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Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · October 7, 2013
One of the darkest, edgiest, boldest writers around, John Shirley lays down an adrenalized yet artful prose that fairly skids across the page, dragging the reader along into shadowed corners of terror and desire.
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- Who it’s for
- These stories bring terror, desire, addiction, and shadowed corners of life into vivid focus.
- Themes
- Terror and desire, Psychological depth, Addiction
- Pacing
- Fast
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One of the darkest, edgiest, boldest writers around, John Shirley lays down an adrenalized yet artful prose that fairly skids across the page, dragging the reader along into shadowed corners of terror and desire. Yet while it's thrilling, there's psychological depth, too, as Shirley bores into the brains of his characters, revealing the motivations of those who walk on the wild side.
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Many writers extrapolate from peripheral observation and research, but John Shirley's stories come from personal experience with extreme people and extreme mental states, and his struggle with the seductions of addiction. On the streets, in the midst of darkest suburbia, or just beyond consensus reality - Shirley brings the shadows to vivid life.
Shadowed Corners
These stories bring terror, desire, addiction, and shadowed corners of life into vivid focus.
Come here for
- Terror and desire
- Psychological portraits of extreme mental states
Expect
- Stories shaped by Shirley’s personal experience with extreme people and mental states
- Street, suburban, and beyond-consensus-reality settings
Where it sits
| Horror | 81% |
|---|---|
| Short Stories (Single Author) | 53% |
| Fantasy Anthologies | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fantasy
- Fantasy Anthologies
- Horror
- Authors
- John Shirley
- Publisher
- Night Shade Books
- Published
- October 7, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Terror and desire · Psychological depth · Addiction
- Reading lane
- Fantasy