A COLLAPSE OF HORSES
BRIAN EVENSON
Coffee House Press
$16.95 trade paper, available now
Rating: 4* of five
The Publisher Says: A stuffed bear's heart beats with the rhythm of a dead baby; Reno keeps receding to the east no matter how far you drive; and in a mine on another planet, the dust won't stop seeping in.
In these stories, Brian Evenson unsettles us with the everyday and the extraordinary—the terror of living with the knowledge of all we cannot know.
I RECEIVED AN ARC FROM THE PUBLISHER AT MY REQUEST. THANK YOU.
My Review:
My accustomed use of the Bryce Method should, at this point, surprise no one.
Black Bark
A Report
The Punish
A Collapse of Horses
Three Indignities
Cult
Seaside Town
The Dust
BearHeart™
Scour
Torpor
Past Reno
Any Corpse
The Moans
The Window
Click
The Blood Drip sucked. Sorry to say it so bluntly. Yes, it's in the same family as "Black Bark" but it's streets away stylistically. Not every story is perfect, but wow. 2.5 stars
So there it is. How I got to my overall rating of 4 stars, laid out story by story.
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