The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All : Stories (Hardcover)

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Laird Barron's collection is sunk by a lack of firm editing. Every element that works is generally sandwiched by two that don't. The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All features stories of a generally Lovecraftian, cosmic horror. Though Barron is comfortable name-dropping Machen and Blackwood, t...

from Jannes

A decent collection with several good stories. No standouts, and no stinkers - I guess that's a good thing? This was my first contact with Barron. The overall impression was "somewhat disappointing", but I struggle as to pinpoint as to exactly why this is. Most of the stories felt more derivative...

from ElleGato

This was my first collection of Laird Barron's short fiction and it was so good! I loved the mixture of hardboiled noir and cosmic horror, the playful thread that ran through the blood and guts of Barron's universal terror, the reoccuring characters and the final story--a thoughtful funny scary m...

from Katyas

Book Info: Genre: Short story anthology, dark/Lovecraftian fiction Reading Level: Adult Recommended for: Fans of Lovecraft, dark fiction, the autho Book Available: July 9, 2013 in Hardcover (click link to preorder) Trigger Warnings: violence, cannibalism (implied), murder, fighting, terrors from ...

from Katyas

Book Info: Genre: Short story anthology, dark/Lovecraftian fiction Reading Level: Adult Recommended for: Fans of Lovecraft, dark fiction, the autho Book Available: July 9, 2013 in Hardcover (click link to preorder) Trigger Warnings: violence, cannibalism (implied), murder, fighting, terrors from ...