"Some writers one admires and others make one want to do as they
do, or try. For me, Joe Pulver is of the latter type. His
imagination is so vile so much of the time that it makes me giggle
with amazement. And the prose so deadly visionary. I'm grateful
that the pieces in this collection are those of a fellow horror
writer who has raised the ante on what it means to be such a
creature." -- Thomas Ligotti on _Blood Will Have Its Season_ by
Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. The world of Joe Pulver's dreams and
nightmares is a world of grim violence and death but also of
strange beauty and wonder. In stories that read like poems and
poems that read like incantations, Pulver weaves a sorcerer's spell
of language-tough, gritty, cheerless, but always evocative,
hypnotizing, intoxicating-that lays bare the fragility of human
beings on the edge of the abyss, looking down at the depths and
looking up at the boundless cosmos. H. P. Lovecraft, Robert W.
Chambers, and other writers of terror and the supernatural are
Pulver's touchstones, but his riffs on their tales are the work of
a master craftsman who recognizes the emotive value of every
sentence, phrase, and word. A poet in every sense of the word,
Pulver sees the world and the cosmos as a cauldron of death and
carnage but also a platform for triumph and redemption. In these
stories, sketches, prose-poems, and vignettes, Pulver evokes the
wild beauty of terror in a manner that few can match. Joseph S.
Pulver, Sr. is the acclaimed author of the Lovecraftian novel
_Nightmare's Disciple_, and he has written many short stories that
have appeared in magazines and anthologies. His first short story
collection, _Blood Will Have Its Season_ (2009), was published to
wide acclaim.
General
Imprint: |
Hippocampus Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
December 2010 |
First published: |
December 2010 |
Authors: |
Joseph S. Pulver Sr
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Introduction by: |
Laird Barron
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
323 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-9844802-4-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Horror & ghost stories
|
LSN: |
0-9844802-4-2 |
Barcode: |
9780984480241 |
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