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THE GIRL ON THE SWING & AT NIGHT IN CRUMBLING VOICES Peter Grandbois Wordcraft Series of Fabulist Novellas #3 ISBN: 978-1-877655-86-9, LCN: 2014955736 First trade edition, 5 X 8, 144 pgs., 2015 $12 plus s/h (U.S. only) Cover design by Kristin Summers, www.redbatdesign.com Author photo by Gary Isaacs Below: All three volumes of Double Monster series (six novellas) $30 plus s/h (U.S. only) |
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#3 IN THE WORDCRAFT SERIES OF FABULIST NOVELLAS
A DOUBLE MONSTER FEATURE (TWO NOVELLAS)
2015 SILVER MEDALIST FOR INDIEFAB BOOK OF THE YEAR IN FANTASY
2015 FINALIST FOR INDIEFAB BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD IN BOTH LITERARY FICTION AND FANTASY
THE GIRL ON THE SWING & AT NIGHT IN CRUMBLING VOICES, the third and final installment in award winning novelist Peter Grandbois' series of monster double features, marks a departure from the previous books in that these stories are not told through the point of view of a movie monster icon. Inspired by lesser know 50's monster fare, the monsters in these novellas become more difficult to discern and therfore, even more disturbing.
A DOUBLE MONSTER FEATURE (TWO NOVELLAS)
2015 SILVER MEDALIST FOR INDIEFAB BOOK OF THE YEAR IN FANTASY
2015 FINALIST FOR INDIEFAB BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD IN BOTH LITERARY FICTION AND FANTASY
THE GIRL ON THE SWING & AT NIGHT IN CRUMBLING VOICES, the third and final installment in award winning novelist Peter Grandbois' series of monster double features, marks a departure from the previous books in that these stories are not told through the point of view of a movie monster icon. Inspired by lesser know 50's monster fare, the monsters in these novellas become more difficult to discern and therfore, even more disturbing.
PRAISE FOR
"These stories show how fantastical tropes can be perfect touchstones for exploring universal human experiences."
-- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Eerie stories harkening back to the grand old talkes of The Twilight Zone will thrill as they entertain...the writing is so good that it goes beyond genre."
--ForeWord Reviews
"It's insightful storytelling at its best...easily Grandbois' darkest yet--and the author is only growing more confident and capable, wielding sci-fi tropes like blades to cut to the heart of our doubts and fears.
--Glenn Dallas, San Francisco Book Review
"Grandbois makes a case for a newer, better understanding of monsters. He brings them from the far, unexplored edges of the map and sets them directly in front of you in order to show that the monster's most frightening quality is his own fear...Grandbois shows us that the truth is indeed out there, but it's even farther, darker, and more complicated than we might have first imagined."
--Alexander Lumans, Los Angeles Review of Books
-- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
"Eerie stories harkening back to the grand old talkes of The Twilight Zone will thrill as they entertain...the writing is so good that it goes beyond genre."
--ForeWord Reviews
"It's insightful storytelling at its best...easily Grandbois' darkest yet--and the author is only growing more confident and capable, wielding sci-fi tropes like blades to cut to the heart of our doubts and fears.
--Glenn Dallas, San Francisco Book Review
"Grandbois makes a case for a newer, better understanding of monsters. He brings them from the far, unexplored edges of the map and sets them directly in front of you in order to show that the monster's most frightening quality is his own fear...Grandbois shows us that the truth is indeed out there, but it's even farther, darker, and more complicated than we might have first imagined."
--Alexander Lumans, Los Angeles Review of Books
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter Grandbois' first novel, The Gravedigger, is currently in pre-production as a major motion picture. It was also chosen by Barnes and Noble for the "Discover Great New Writers" program and named one of the best books of 2006 by Booklist. His second novel, Nahoonkara was ForeWord magazine's Book of the Year Award winner in literary fiction for 2011. He is also the author of an innovative memoir entitled The Arsenic Lobster and a collection of surreal short fictions, Domestic Disturbances, currently a finalist for ForeWord magazine's Book of the Year Awards. His plays have been produced in St. Louis, Columbus, and on 42nd St. in New York. He is a professor of creative writing at Dennison University in Ohio.