Evenson, Brian, 1966-

The glassy, burning floor of hell : stories / Brian Evenson. - 240 pages ; 21 cm

Leg -- In Dreams -- Myling Kommer -- Come Up -- Palisade -- Curator -- To Breathe the Air -- The Barrow-Men -- The Shimmering Wall -- Grauer in the Snow -- Justle -- The Devil's Hand -- Nameless Citizen -- The Coldness of His Eye -- Daylight Come -- Elo Havel -- His Haunting -- Haver -- The Extrication -- A Bad Patch -- Hospice -- The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell.

"'Here is how monstrous humans are.' A sentient, murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men-of all the terrors that populate The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans. In this new short story collection, Brian Evenson envisions a chilling future beyond the Anthropocene that forces excruciating decisions about survival and self-sacrifice in the face of toxic air and a natural world torn between revenge and regeneration. Combining psychological and ecological horror, each tale thrums with Evenson's award-winning literary craftsmanship, dark humor, and thrilling suspense"--

9781566896115

2021004979


Psychological fiction.
Horror fiction.
Dark humor (Literature)
Short stories.

PS3555.V326 / G58 2021

813/.54