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<blockquote data-quote="Autumnal" data-source="post: 9300928" data-attributes="member: 6671663">Wounds, by Nathan Ballingrud. Well…wow. My initial reaction is borne out: this guy’s writing the American version of Clive Barker. This is some of the best new-to-me horror I’ve read in years. It’s a set of six short stories and novellas that share a background, with connections happening in the final story. The others do each work as individual pieces, there’s just some more to find between and around them. (I just realized another connection while writing this.) Ballingrud really has the Barker-esque willingness to find beauty and wonder in the midst of horror and characters pursuing fascination to the depths of encounters they expect not to survive. Five of the stories are modern-day, the sixth is set somewhat before the American Revolution. New Orleans features in half of them. They vary a lot in style, types of characters, and how they express the recurring themes - one of. The ways I’m reminded of the Books of Bkood, in fact. Highly recommended for horror readers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Autumnal, post: 9300928, member: 6671663"] [B]Wounds[/B], by Nathan Ballingrud. Well…wow. My initial reaction is borne out: this guy’s writing the American version of Clive Barker. This is some of the best new-to-me horror I’ve read in years. It’s a set of six short stories and novellas that share a background, with connections happening in the final story. The others do each work as individual pieces, there’s just some more to find between and around them. (I just realized another connection while writing this.) Ballingrud really has the Barker-esque willingness to find beauty and wonder in the midst of horror and characters pursuing fascination to the depths of encounters they expect not to survive. Five of the stories are modern-day, the sixth is set somewhat before the American Revolution. New Orleans features in half of them. They vary a lot in style, types of characters, and how they express the recurring themes - one of. The ways I’m reminded of the Books of Bkood, in fact. Highly recommended for horror readers. [/QUOTE]

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