They really had me at "small coastal town," when the announcement from Dark Regions press hit my in-box.
Ouroboros, co-written by Michael Kelly and Carol Weekes, is coming out in trade paper soon, and it's going on my wish list.
It's set in said small coastal town, and revolves around "an ancient force" that "stirs, drawn by the cumulative power of life and death, grief and sorrow, and ultimately, endless love."
Coastal towns, those post-card-familiar places, have always seemed perfect for tales of fright. Maybe it's because one of the first scary stories that captured my imagination was "The Shadow Over Innsmouth," title story in a Scholastic book club collection, though Captain Company in the back of Famous Monsters of Filmland had teased me with H.P. Lovecraft
titles for some time before that.
It was OK with my parents to order from TAB, The Teen Age Book Club, if not from Famous Monsters back pages.
titles for some time before that.
It was OK with my parents to order from TAB, The Teen Age Book Club, if not from Famous Monsters back pages.
Dark Regions reports Ouroboros is the tale of Tom Christiansen whose wife of 35-yearshas passed away. As he grieves, the lines blur between real and unreal, and a strange, pale girl shows up in his back yard.
Sounds like a perfect autumn read, so maybe I'll get it for my birthday
Sounds like a perfect autumn read, so maybe I'll get it for my birthday
3 comments:
I thought when I saw the title of this post you were talking about Eddison's work, which I shamefully have never read. This looks pretty cool, though.
Yeah, I love the "Ouroboros" symbol. It served. "The Ceremonies" by T.E.D. Klein well too.
Sounds really interesting. Reminds me of some things I've read in the past, NOT that I remember the titles, mind you. <:\
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