Compulsory games

and other stories

341 pages

English language

Published Aug. 9, 2018

ISBN:
978-1-68137-189-4
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OCLC Number:
1014011764

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4 stars (1 review)

"Aickman's superbly written tales terrify not with standard thrills and gore but through a radical overturning of the laws of nature and everyday life. His territory of the strange, of the 'void behind the face of order,' is a surreal region that grotesquely mimics the quotidian: Is that river the Thames, or is it even a river? What does it mean when a prospective lover removes one dress, and then another--and then another? Do a herd of cows in a peaceful churchyard contain the souls of jilted women preparing to trample a cruel lover to death?" --

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Subjects

  • English Short stories