![]() There is plenty of hyperviolence and grotesquerie, so what’s left to the readers’ imagination is just as awful and suggestive. The variety is outstanding, the writing is superb, but what makes this collection deserving of attention is how Evenson manages to achieve a perfect balance between what is on the page and what is left out. Despite having won a plethora of awards, the collection is proof that Evenson is still getting better.Ī Collapse of Horses is a master class in unnerving storytelling seventeen short narratives that range from horror to science fiction and from surrealism to noir. ![]() In early February, Coffee House Press will be rereleasing three of Evenson’s novels, Father of Lies, Last Days, and The Open Curtain, all to coincide with the release of his latest, a short story collection titled A Collapse of Horses. The third on that list, and perhaps the author who manages to deliver the weirdest, creepiest stories to presently slither their tentacles into the literary realm, is Brian Evenson. Thomas Ligotti and Laird Barron are names that quickly come to mind. ![]() While some still argue about the differences between and individual merits of genre and literary fiction, some of the most important names in contemporary literature are working in the space where the two intersect. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work. ![]()
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