The first short story collection by a master of the macabre is most welcome, for it has long been obvious that he has. This reader picked up an outofprint copy recently, after seeing that it had been included in jones and newmans excellent overview volume, horror. We have original fiction from lane robins the black window and mari ness death and death again, along with reprints by denis etchison talking in the dark and tom piccirilli the misfit child grows fat on despair. Etchisons playground is southern california, and its never been so deliciously eerie. Building dread and tension doesnt feel as effective when youre dealing with the novel format, and it seems.
The most haunting story for me was the first one, it only comes out at night, because i think it sets the tone for the rest of the collection. Etchison referred to his own work as rather dark, depressing, almost. Behind him, tiny electronic voices chirp in the dark. Dennis etchisons short stories collected in the dark country, red dreams, the blood kiss and the death artist or novels darkside. The dark country is a great collection of stories that range from the eerily subtle to the memorably disturbing without littletono intense gore or excessive violence.
It was out of print for a while, but its available as an ebook now, and im. While etchison has been referred to as a writer of dark fantasy or of quiet horror, in an interview. His short story collections are the dark country, red dreams, the blood kiss. Download or stream the dark country by dennis etchison. He is a multiaward winner, having won the british fantasy award three times for fiction, and the world fantasy award for anthologies he edited. Publication date 1987 topics horror tales, american publisher new york. Dennis etchisonthe late shift published 1980 the ghost box. Dennis william etchison was an american writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. The dark country by dennis etchison download torrent tpb. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream. Sometimes dark is added to fantasy as a way of describing horror.
Many of the stories might leave the reader thinking about them. Well, i dont know if i would place it on my personal top 100 list, but this book certainly is a unique collection. Download the dark country audiobook by dennis etchison. Like algernon blackwood before him, etchison is master of mood and atmosphere and lets that energy propel many of these tales. The dark country was dennis etchisons first collection of short stories, and originally appeared back in 1982.
While etchison has been referred to as a writer of dark fantasy or. Dennis william etchison march 30, 1943 may 29, 2019 was an american writer and editor of fantasy and horror fiction. Phishthe unsafe bridge mgm grand garden arena, friday 10, 31, 2014. Dennis etchison holds a vaunted place in fantastical literature and dark country is where his introductions were made.