The time between the waning of the Hunter's Moon and All Hallows'
Eve is what the old-timers call Deep Autumn, when the clocks will
be turned back and the curtains drawn against unwanted eyes. It is
a period of reminiscences and backward glances. It is the season of
sleepless nights when accumulated sins flicker in the mind's eye
like leave dancing in the bitter wind. Presented here are fifteen
stories of the fall-and the lies and regrets that accompany the
plummet. In Deep Autumn, a young girl suffers brain damage after
falling from a tree and is venerated as a saint with healing
abilities by her neighbors; a Ouija board session draws blood,
while a survivor of childhood trauma tries not to float; the block
where sixty-four souls were consumed in eight houses becomes
consecrated ground; a couple are trapped in a motel room by the
ghosts of what might have been and what will never be; a writer
recovering from addiction is seduced by the legend of the Lord's
Finger; and a young girl finds the seeds of escape in the drawings
dropped from a second story window by a boy forever locked away.
These tales and more explore the melancholia and occasional madness
that comes when the mornings are as dark as the nights and the
crunch of dead leaves underfoot serve as a reminder of the
reckoning of the season. This is the time of the dares. This is a
time to let go. This is Deep Autumn.
General
| Imprint: |
Silk Raven Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
August 2013 |
| First published: |
August 2013 |
| Authors: |
Michael-Patrick Harrington
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
224 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-615-84858-7 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Special features >
Short stories
|
| LSN: |
0-615-84858-3 |
| Barcode: |
9780615848587 |
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