Plow the Bones (Apex Voices) (Volume 1)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.25 (983 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1937009157 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 228 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-29 |
| Language | : | English |
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Since then, Douglas’s work has been published in a variety of periodicals, websites, podcasts, and anthologies, and has grown progressively stranger. Warrick is a writer, a musician, and a world-traveler. His first published story appeared in Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest back in 2006. Douglas has screamed Buzzcock’s lyrics with Korean punk rockers in the neon alleys of Seoul, marveled at the oddness of Beijing’s masked opera singers and illusionists, piloted a bicycle through Kyoto on the way to the Golden Temple, broken up a fight between an Australian tourist and a Thai street vendor in Bangkok, and learned that
Since then, Douglas’s work has been published in a variety of periodicals, websites, podcasts, and anthologies, and has grown progressively stranger. Douglas originally hails from Dayton, OH, but his travels have taken him all over Asia. Warrick is a writer, a musician, and a world-traveler. Douglas has screamed Buzzcock’s lyrics with Korean punk rockers in the neon alleys of Seoul, marveled at the oddness of Beijing’s masked opera singers and illusionists
"Plow the Bones is not for everyone. But is should." according to Amazon Customer. Plow the BonesPlow the Bones is not for everyone. This means, everyone interested in reading something different should have a look at it.It's not for everyone. These stories are not easy. And by that I don't mean it's hard to read or full of strange and unusual words, tangled syntaxes or anachronistic grammar. It's not. Plow the Bones is crystal clear and you always know exactly what is happening. But it's not an easy book in what these stories are. This book was definitely not for me. August I will immediately begin by saying I only made it 25% through this book before I had to stop because I was getting annoyed and frustrated. I was clearly not the right audience for this book.From the onset, I was lost, and that "wtf" feeling lasted through all three of the stories I pushed through. Start to finish.Please don't think I'm slamming the writer as having poor command of English or whatever. The writing is very good. But I personally hated. A collection that stretches the imagination Frank Errington Review CopyPlow the Bones is the inaugural release in a new series called Apex Voices from Apex Publications. Each book will feature a collection of shorts from authors you might not have heard of, but whose voices deserve to be heard.Truth be told, up until now I had never heard of Douglas F. Warrick. Thankfully, that has been corrected by Leslie Conner, writer, and Apex editor, who asked me to read this collection and post my review which you are
Recount a secret held by a ventriloquist's dummy. With an artist's eye for language and form, Douglas F. From transformative games with strangers to poor souls experiencing heaven and hell (and not quite sure which is which), you will never forget these unsettling stories." —Ann VanderMeer, Hugo Award-winning editor of The New Weird "It's been far too long since I've read a collection of horror stories that actually disturbed me. Dip into a story that is self-aware and wishes it were different than what it must be. "Almost impossible stories filled with surprising warmth and strangeness by a studied craftsman of the imagination. Herein lies a gruesome gathering of Gothic nightmares fashioned from Warrick's lyrical, affecting, mesmeric prose. Wander a digital desert with an AI as sentience sparks revolution. Warrick's Plow the Bones has provided dangerous tales of puppets with secrets, unforgettable rock bands, haunted closets and people who may or may not be human; perhaps they're more than human. Follow a golem band that dissolves over the love of a groupie. Combining elements of fantasy, magical realism, and horror, the collection floats on a distinctly literary voice that is creepy, surreal and just plain weird. One of the finest collections I've read in quite some time." —Kealan Patrick Burke, Bram Stoker Award-winning author