At one point the narrator literally asks the reader/listener "what is it?", which is infuriating. This sounds like a fantastic idea that summarily falls flat as the narrative drones along with no twinge of emotion. The author attempts to weave stories with no protaganist, or even antagonist in some, just a bleak landscape of descriptions of found horror scenes. Nothing here, no answers." this quote encapsulates the entire book.
Highly descriptive scenery that goes nowhere Wyrd and Other Derelictions contains seven derelictions, original horror stories from the author of Hasty for the Dark and Some Will Not Sleep (winner of The British Fantasy Award for Best Collection). In the very foundations of this dreadful house, was something supernormal called upon to abolish life so mercilessly? Look closer and observe the grisly artefacts of annihilation. But what kind of deity did this?Īn eerily silent campsite. On a barren and hostile shore a great ritual has been enacted successfully. Below deck, signs of slaughter and devotion await to tell a ghastly tale.
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And it is the task of the listener to sift through ruin and ponder the residual enigma, to behold and wonder at the full horror that was visited upon mankind.Ī dead ship carries a terrible cargo across a black ocean. But across these landscapes of murder, genocide and invasion, crucial evidence remains. Each location has witnessed catastrophe, infernal visitations, or unearthly transformations. Us.ĭerelictions are weird tales that tell of aftermaths and of new and liminal places. Something has been removed, taken flight, or been destroyed. Something is missing from the silent places and worlds inside these stories. Derelictions are horror stories told in ways you may not have encountered before.
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