Dark Ride
Michael Laimo
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· 1 ratings · 236 pages · Published: 29 May 2008
It features an introduction by Brian Keene.
"Summer Fling" is not just another monster tale, and wraps up with a resolution that is as wicked as it is unexpected. In "The Rash," the author re-examines a personal nightmare to create a universal tale of biological terror—illuminating that moment when we discover something is going very wrong with our own bodies. Other tales which explore this territory are "Contact Lenses" and "Scarred for Life."
Laimo uses his knowledge as a native New Yorker to summon up a frightening and memorable subway ride in "End of the Line." Then he switches gears in "Something in the Air" to examine a small town visited by a very original kind of evil.
Other tales range from the playful, such as "Aftermath," to the extreme, as in "The Exploitations of George Frederick Leighton," and
the oddly experimental "I Exude in Partials."
In addition, a new novelette, "The Startling Supplements to Brione Heloise's Depictions" appears here for the first time. Written as an
homage to the work of H. P. Lovecraft, it reveals yet another aspect of Laimo's admirable talent.
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