![]() which, while relatable, felt more standard. Klein, which features a plump, helpless little professor. I think those just struck me in particular thanks to how different it felt, especially on the heels of having read The Ceremonies by T.E.D. But he also isn't a one trick pony, you do get a variety of character types. You don't just see a frail little bookish geek like myself helpless in the face of the indescribable, you see characters who would otherwise be intimidating in other circumstances. I think it's almost clever, whether deliberately or not, that he tends to write hard-boiled tough guys who drink, smoke and fight. MOBI/.AZW reader, 811 KBOverview: Over the course of two award-winning collections and a critically acclaimed novel, The Croning, Laird Barron has arisen as one of the strongest and most original literary voices in modern horror and the dark fantastic. I rather enjoyed his characters, as well. The Beautiful Thing That Awaits Us All by Laird Barron Requirements. It brings an oddly visceral element to the lofty horror. Forests, dirt, deep caves, rotting trees, fleshy patches of mushrooms, wolves, worms, meat. natural? Like having the unnatural in the natural. ![]() His horror is cosmic, yes, and certainly has its Lovecraft influence, but there's something earthy and. I'm new to this author, and this seems like a good introduction. ![]() ![]() There wasn't a single uninteresting story here. ![]()
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