The Final Gift: Horror as a Way of Life
by The Undead Rat on December 22, 2008
Today’s special gift is one of my all-time favorite books. If you order today, you still might be able to receive it in time for the holidays — check with the bookstores listed below.
Gary A. Braunbeck is a horror writer who sets so many of his stories in a city called Cedar Hill, Ohio, that cartographers have quietly removed it from the map and dumped it in the “Let’s not talk about it” bin along with Castle Rock, Oxrun Station, Arkham, Jerusalam’s Lot, and Innsmouth to name a few. He is a multiple Bram Stoker Award in many categories. He won awards for both Destinations Unknown
and Five Strokes to Midnight
. He also wrote a pair of my favorite horror stories, Prodigal Blues
and Mr. Hands
.
Fear in a Handful of Dust: Horror as a Way of Life |
Fear in a Handful of Dust: Horror as a Way of Life
Author: Braunbeck, Gary A.
Format: Hardcover
Type: Non-Fiction
Page Count: 260pp.
Pub. Date: May 2004
Publisher: Wildside Press
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Nominated for the 2004 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction
This provocative book is on one level a series of re-worked critical essays on music, film and books and on another level a biography of one of the best authors spinning horror stories. Gary is the author of over 200 short stories of which the 2003 Stoker Award winner “Duty” can be found in here.
From Gary A. Braunbeck:
“Fear in a Handful of Dust both is and isn’t a book of film and fiction writing commentaries; yes, you’ll find several reviews and (hopefully intelligent) analyses in here, but a format like that can quickly grow wearisome and repetitive . . . so I’ve decided to take it a couple of steps . . . well, let’s say sideways: one’s reaction to horror movies and literature is a highly subjective and personal thing, emphasis on the latter term. Consider this to be a thinly-disguised autobiography by means of reflections about movies, books, and writing. It’s not enough for someone to simply say, ‘I liked it,’ or ‘I really hated it’; those are not opinions in and of themselves, they are prefaces to opinions. To qualify as actual opinions, they must be followed by reasons why, and in order for you to understand the reasons why, you have to understand something about the person giving the opinion.”
–Gary A. Braunbeck
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If it’s good enough for the stoker award, it’s good enough for me. Thanks for the suggestion, keep up the good work!