The Loved The Lost The Dreaming
The Loved The Lost The Dreaming
Author: Michelle Browne
Desc: Nightmares bleed into the waking world. Featuring a full-length novel "The Underlighters" and eleven stand-alone short stories this collection blends fairy tales horror and science fiction. A city of shadows lurks underground. Restless ghosts eerie dolls and spiteful stepmothers wait among other dreams. These are haunting stories of love madness and small disasters. "The Underlighters" is a dystopian horror coming-of-age adventure that follows the life of Janelle Cohen from insignificance to bitter-sweet triumph. "Footsteps in the Snow" is a Lovecraftian nightmare set in a Canadian winter. "A Shot of Vodka" a darkly realistic exploration of life after trauma rounds out the collection. More and stranger stories fill in the gaps. This genre-breaking anthology is a new and ferocious look at the frailty of the human condition. Gender and sexual mores are rewritten; dreams and reality merge. Primal fears take physical form. This beautifully-written thrill ride will captivate you long after the last page.