Evenson, Brian
Summary: Forcibly recruited into an underground religious cult in order to solve a murder, a detective weaves through a maze of lies, threats, and misinformation involving stakes that are much higher than he anticipated.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2009
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Summary: "'Here is how monstrous humans are.' A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men-of all the terrors that populate The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans. In this new short story collection, Brian Evenson envisions a chilling future beyond the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2021
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Summary: A post-apocalyptic thriller follows the experiences of a man who wakes up paralyzed with no memory of his life and who is urged by people who say they know him to reclaim a critical object and return to a frozen state before time runs out.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tor 2012
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Summary: A stuffed bear's heart beats with the rhythm of a dead baby; Reno keeps receding to the east no matter how far you drive; and in a mine on another planet, the dust won't stop seeping in. In these stories, Brian Evenson unsettles us with the everyday and the extraordinary--the terror of living with the knowledge of all we cannot know.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2016
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Summary: When Rudd, a troubled teenager, embarks on a school research project, he runs across the secret Mormon ritual of blood sacrifice, and its role in a 1902 murder committed by the grandson of Brigham Young. Along with his newly discovered half-brother, Rudd becomes swept up in the psychological and atavistic effects of this violent, antique ritual.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Coffee House Press 2016