Spontaneous Human Combustion
Richard Thomas
(Author)
Description
From the award-winning author of Disintegration and Breaker comes a new collection of transgressive short stories that push the boundaries of maximalist writing. In a mesmerizing feat, Richard Thomas crosses genres between fantasy, science fiction, and horror to create this uniquely immersive experience.
Product Details
| Publisher | Keylight Books |
| Publish Date | February 22, 2022 |
| Pages | 250 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Hardback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781684427550 |
| Dimensions | 8.5 X 5.5 X 0.7 inches | 1.0 pounds |
About the Author
Richard Thomas is the award-winning author of seven books--Disintegration and Breaker (Penguin Random House Alibi), Transubstantiate, Staring into the Abyss, Herniated Roots, Tribulations, and The Soul Standard (Dzanc Books). His over 150 stories in print include The Best Horror of the Year (Volume Eleven), Cemetery Dance (twice), Behold!: Oddities, Curiosities and Undefinable Wonders (Bram Stoker winner), PANK, storySouth, Gargoyle, Weird Fiction Review, Midwestern Gothic, Shallow Creek, The Seven Deadliest, Gutted: Beautiful Horror Stories, Qualia Nous, Chiral Mad (numbers 2-4), PRISMS, Pantheon, and Shivers VI. He was also the editor of four anthologies: The New Black and Exigencies (Dark House Press), The Lineup: 20 Provocative Women Writers (Black Lawrence Press) and Burnt Tongues (Medallion Press) with Chuck Palahniuk. He has been nominated for the Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson, and Thriller awards. In his spare time he is a columnist at Lit Reactor. He was the Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press and Gamut Magazine, and lives in Mundelein, Illinois. For more information visit www.whatdoesnotkillme.com or contact Paula Munier at Talcott Notch.
Reviews
"This chilling collection of short stories, with plenty of twists and turns, as well as echoes of Lovecraft and Bradbury, probes the dark corners between the horrors humans inflict on each other and those that haunt our nightmares. This volume will please Thomas's existing fans and will surely create new ones." --Shelf Awareness (starred review)
"Fans of science fiction, horror, and dark fiction will relish immersing themselves in this collection for all its grit, lyricism, and unquestionable profundity." --Library Journal (starred review)
"Equally devastating and refreshing, this is a collection to be savored by horror fans and literary readers alike." --Publisher's Weekly (starred review)
"Horror fans will be drawn to this compelling anthology." --Booklist
"Each story is filled with vivid and evocative details and provides a fascinating journey that explores the dark places of our existence and engages its readers throughout . . . [Richard Thomas] does not disappoint." --New York Journal of Books
"A feast for the senses, this collection is simultaneously lush and terrifying. Horror and dark fantasy fans are sure to find many delights within." --A.C. Wise, author of Wendy, Darling
"Nothing will prepare you for Richard Thomas' stories, for the brutality, for the intense white-hot horror, for the blood-soaked gorgeous beauty of his writing. Reading his fiction is like sinking into a fever dream, filled with an alien-yet-familiar wondrousness to it all that makes you long to be back inside those seductive terrors long after they've ended. I was not prepared: I can't wait to return." --Livia Llewellyn, author of Furnace
"Thomas masterfully combines noir and horror. He paints the beauty and the meanness of human life with an ease that belies how damned hard a trick it is to accomplish. Spontaneous Human Combustion is a bottle of the top shelf stuff--smooth, but it burns. Burns all the way to the bottom." --Laird Barron, author of Swift to Chase
"By turns poetic and brutal, this is a stellar collection." --Lucy A. Snyder, author of Sister, Maiden, Monster
"Richard Thomas brings us expertly crafted tales steeped in violence and beauty. Each richly detailed story teases the reader with equal parts emotion and stoicism. Spontaneous Human Combustion is truly a work of dark wonder." --Mercedes M. Yardley, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Little Dead Red
"The stories in Spontaneous Human Combustion sizzle and burn. Richard Thomas is a narrator of the human condition at its most feral, and a master at the damnation game." --Usman T. Malik, award-winning author of Midnight Doorways: Fables from Pakistan
"Richard Thomas's Spontaneous Human Combustion is a marvelous monster made of blood, anger, fear, guilt, grief, hunger, and pain. These gritty, blood-soaked stories pull readers into the darkness of the single black heart beating at the core of horror and noir, and somehow makes them love every second of it." --Gabino Iglesias, author of Coyote Songs
"Richard Thomas gives us a timely and eloquent reminder that, no matte
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