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'Unraveling' Sings A Cohesive, Unsettling Song

Brian Evenson's new collection brings together stories that have appeared in literary fiction, speculative fiction and horror publications — and yet they flow together into a disturbing whole.
Source: Coffee House Press

"No matter which way we turned the girl, she didn't have a face."

The opening line of "No Matter Which Way We Turned," the first story in Brian Evenson's newest collection, , is a celebration of weirdness that sets the tone for the rest of book. contains 22 stories culled from a wide array of literary fiction and horror publications as well as speculative fiction anthologies. And while the collection has a surprising sense of cohesion, the variety of genres, topics, and styles

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