Cover art by Jason Van Hollander.
"Ray Russell's stories are captivating for their depth of mystery and haunting melancholy."
–Thomas Ligotti
In this
collection love and loss tear at the fabric of everyday life and distort reality. What was once objectively familiar is tainted by uncertainty, and soon everything becomes subtly and terrifyingly altered. In
"Loup-garou" a young man watches his own past re-enacted as an
avante-garde French film. In "Llanfihangel" memories of the past are
shown to be incorrect and misinterpreted. In Russell's stories even the present appears to be open to misunderstanding.
When those
around you insist that they see the world differently at least you can
argue with them. But when you realise that you cannot rely on your own
senses then the world becomes a terrifying place indeed.
Contents:
- Literary Remains
- An Artist’s Model
- Llanfihangel
- Una Furtiva Lagrima
- Another Country
- Loup-garou
- Blue Glow
- A Revelation
- Asphodel
- Where They Cannot Be Seen