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Occultation and Other Stories - Community Reviews back

by Laird Barron
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Shiftyj1
Shiftyj1 rated it 9 years ago
I don’t know what it is about Laird Barron’s work that I enjoy so much. Yes, the dude can write. Yes, his characterizations are really good in short formats and his monsters are crazy cool. He also uses a lot of big “old-timey” words and that would usually turn me off, but LB makes it work and gives...
FriedEgg
FriedEgg rated it 13 years ago
Wow, what a bleak, horrific universe that Barron presents in this collection. An array of veiled glimpses into the crawling chaos are collected here with these superbly well written stories.There seems to be a strong if somewhat nebulous theme running through his work not too dissimilar from Lovecra...
Danielle's Reading Adventures
Danielle's Reading Adventures rated it 13 years ago
Laird Barron clearly knows how to unsettle his readers. If there was a universal theme of the various stories in this book, it would be that every single story was unsettling, albeit in different ways.Mr. Barron evokes memories of reading Caitlín R. Kiernan, HP Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, and even Al...
Teresa Frohock
Teresa Frohock rated it 14 years ago
One of the creepiest, most excellent collection of horror short-stories that I've read in years. I have to say that "Strappado" was my favorite. Loved it and will read it again.
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