"Short story collections tend to remind me of the appetizer course of a meal, as well as a box of chocolates, since on one hand short stories don't last as long as you may want (assuming they're good), and on the other hand "you never know what your going to get" (to quote Gump, circa 1994), leaving one disappointed if the story collection is a random mishmash of oddities. Not so with Evenson's, The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell, which is a combo of quantity AND quality. Evenson's stories have the right amount of horror, humor, kafkaesque allusions, and brevity, that leave one feeling satisfied."
Publisher Coffee House Press
Publication Date 2021-08-03
Section New Titles - Paperback / Science Fiction / All Staff Suggestions / Fiction Suggestions / Michael R.
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781566896115
“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.
