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Book

Spontaneous human combustion : short stories

Call Number

  • FICTION THOM (CEN)

Publication Information

Nashville, Tennessee : Keylight Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing, [2022]

Physical Description

231 pages : 23 cm.

Summary

"In this new collection, Richard Thomas has crafted fourteen stories that push the boundaries of dark fiction in an intoxicating, piercing blend of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Equally provocative and profound, each story is masterfully woven with transgressive themes that burrow beneath the skin."--Dust jacket flap.

Contents

  • Repent
  • Clown face
  • Requital
  • Battle not with monsters
  • Saudade
  • Hiraeth
  • Nodus tollens
  • How not to come undone
  • From within
  • The caged bird sings in a darkness of its own creation
  • In his house
  • Open waters
  • Undone
  • Ring of fire.

Added Authors

Brian Evenson