Snarl
John Boden
(Author)
21,000+ Reviews
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Description
Marlin Stains is a lonely man who is filled with words. Words that he longs to share with the world but so far only shares with himself. He has over 300 notebooks brimming with them in his trailer room. A wood-paneled tomb of prose and syllable. Marlin Stains killed his brother in the womb, buried his father when he was a young man and now, a bit older, he watches the same monster devour his mother. While grappling with this, he experiences a combination of exchanges and events that point him on a new trajectory with an outcome that is both expected and anything but. Marlin Stains has learned plenty in his thirty-two years: Love never dies, it just hides for a while and gets punchy. Death is never afraid and never gives a damn. Life is a thing that stretches, sometimes so far that you forget about it until it snaps back and hurts you. A snarl is an angry sound or a tangled trap, Marlin is familiar with both.
Product Details
| Publisher | Dead Sky Publishing |
| Publish Date | September 05, 2023 |
| Pages | 85 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781639510856 |
| Dimensions | 8.0 X 5.1 X 0.0 inches | 0.2 pounds |
BISAC Categories: Horror, Mystery, Thrillers & Crime
About the Author
John Boden lives a stones throw from Three Mile Island with his wonderful wife and sons. A baker by day, he spends his off time writing, working on Shock Totem or watching M*A*S*H re-runs. He likes Diet Pepsi, cheeseburgers, heavy metal and sports ferocious sideburns. While his output as a writer is fairly sporadic, it has a bit of a reputation for being unique.
Reviews
"Snarl by novella author John Boden is one of those unique, quick and riveting reads that will linger in the mind and memory of the reader long after the book has been finished " -- Midwest Book Review
"The characters in John Boden's Snarl speak with a dark poetry which comes naturally to rural people accustomed to chronic ailments, gossip, and disaster. It manages that trick of being both moving and beautifully horrific." -- Steve Rasnic Tem, author of The Night Doctor And Other Tales, Deadfall Hotel and Thana Trauma
"A study in grief and need, in desire and inertia, in the power and prison of love, Snarl is a symphony of melancholia. Try to get through this one with your heart intact, I dare you." -- Alan Baxter, author of Devouring Dark, Sallow End and The Gulp
"John Boden's Snarl is a combination of knockout-punch prose, touching storytelling and a strong dose of what-the-hell. It's the author at his best." -- Sam W. Anderson, author of The Sentimental Assassin, The Nines and Slightly Off Center
"John Boden writes a world full of colorful and vibrant characters. His voice is special, unique and marvelous. Snarl is a story full of emotions--sadness and longing, fear and love, converging into a powerful conclusion. Every page of this story had me eager to read the next." -- Mark Matthews, author of The Hobgoblin of Little Minds, Body Of Christ and Milk-Blood
"Fantastic rural noir with a dash of dark fantasy and a tear-inducing end only Boden could create." -- Chad Lutzke, author of Cannibal Creator, The Neon Owl and Of Foster Homes & Flies
"Snarl broke me into tiny pieces. Boden's voice is strong, sincere and utterly unique. This is a love letter to all the great country songs of your life, lyrical and heartaching. I was literally speechless when I finished." -- Robert Ford, author of Burner, Inner Demons and Blood Rose
There's a level of wordsmithing happening with John that is unparalleled. Images that are shocking and beautiful, and you see the way he has arranged his words and they are these intricate configurations that are just....wow." -- Kristi DeMeester, author of Beneath and Such A Pretty Smile
"The story is inventive, sad, profound, and meaningful." -- The Nerd Cantina
"The characters in John Boden's Snarl speak with a dark poetry which comes naturally to rural people accustomed to chronic ailments, gossip, and disaster. It manages that trick of being both moving and beautifully horrific." -- Steve Rasnic Tem, author of The Night Doctor And Other Tales, Deadfall Hotel and Thana Trauma
"A study in grief and need, in desire and inertia, in the power and prison of love, Snarl is a symphony of melancholia. Try to get through this one with your heart intact, I dare you." -- Alan Baxter, author of Devouring Dark, Sallow End and The Gulp
"John Boden's Snarl is a combination of knockout-punch prose, touching storytelling and a strong dose of what-the-hell. It's the author at his best." -- Sam W. Anderson, author of The Sentimental Assassin, The Nines and Slightly Off Center
"John Boden writes a world full of colorful and vibrant characters. His voice is special, unique and marvelous. Snarl is a story full of emotions--sadness and longing, fear and love, converging into a powerful conclusion. Every page of this story had me eager to read the next." -- Mark Matthews, author of The Hobgoblin of Little Minds, Body Of Christ and Milk-Blood
"Fantastic rural noir with a dash of dark fantasy and a tear-inducing end only Boden could create." -- Chad Lutzke, author of Cannibal Creator, The Neon Owl and Of Foster Homes & Flies
"Snarl broke me into tiny pieces. Boden's voice is strong, sincere and utterly unique. This is a love letter to all the great country songs of your life, lyrical and heartaching. I was literally speechless when I finished." -- Robert Ford, author of Burner, Inner Demons and Blood Rose
There's a level of wordsmithing happening with John that is unparalleled. Images that are shocking and beautiful, and you see the way he has arranged his words and they are these intricate configurations that are just....wow." -- Kristi DeMeester, author of Beneath and Such A Pretty Smile
"The story is inventive, sad, profound, and meaningful." -- The Nerd Cantina
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