Autumn in the Abyss
When enigmatic poet Henry Coronado disappears six months after the New Year’s Eve, 1959, Welcoming Chaos event, he takes with him a profound secret wrapped within the words of his poem, Autumn In The Abyss. Fifty years later, an ill man’s research into Coronado’s work and life reveals that...
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When enigmatic poet Henry Coronado disappears six months after the New Year’s Eve, 1959, Welcoming Chaos event, he takes with him a profound secret wrapped within the words of his poem, Autumn In The Abyss. Fifty years later, an ill man’s research into Coronado’s work and life reveals that poetry can indeed change the world, or leave it in ruins. The Word is a living thing…and often with lethal intentions. Reality is the strangest mirror...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780615972732 (061597273X)
ASIN: 061597273X
Publish date: 2014-03-03
Publisher: Omnium Gatherum
Pages no: 130
Edition language: English
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I really liked this short story collection even though it surprisingly took me a while to read. Every story was very good except the third, Le Mia Immortalia. All in all, I liked it and thought it was pretty hard to put down when you pick it up. I guess I was just savoring the stories as I read them...
4-1/2 stars. This slim volume was very good. I liked this a lot. It would be hard to categorize but I would call it weird horror. The stories are tight and the prose evocative. Smith's worldview is kind of like a Ligotti with a ray of hope. You better be good and cherish what you've got in John Clau...
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