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When October Falls
Clint Korbis has lost it all: his sanity, his grip on life, and most importantly his wife, Jenna, who disappeared without warning.
Exhausted and incapable of coping with the loss, the only relief seems to be suicide, but then a series of happenings indicate that Jenna may not be dead…she may be closer than Clint thinks.
Exhausted and incapable of coping with the loss, the only relief seems to be suicide, but then a series of happenings indicate that Jenna may not be dead…she may be closer than Clint thinks.
Paperback, 179 pages
Published
March 2011
by Brown Paper Publishing
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A sweet Noir story with (a) twist(s).
Dwyer pulls the reader into his story using a lot of sensory detail (especially colors, textures) and emotion. His writing is... what do you call what would happen if purple was a (very) good thing? It's that. He is very detailed and, more importantly, unique in his description of things and events (ex. "...it's chain-link necklace dangling from my fingers like the dead tentacles of a baby octopus.") The story has dimensions, and transcends just the structur...more
Dwyer pulls the reader into his story using a lot of sensory detail (especially colors, textures) and emotion. His writing is... what do you call what would happen if purple was a (very) good thing? It's that. He is very detailed and, more importantly, unique in his description of things and events (ex. "...it's chain-link necklace dangling from my fingers like the dead tentacles of a baby octopus.") The story has dimensions, and transcends just the structur...more
Clint Korbis’ wife is gone. She went to work one day and never came back. It’s been six months without and trace of her existence, but Clint is convinced that his wife is still alive. Just as he is about to lose all hope, a bullet interrupts his suicide attempt and causes him to look more deeply into his wife’s disappearance.
Once you start reading this story, it’s hard to stop. The first few pages give the reader the intention that this could be a slow burn. But before you know it, the story ta...more
Once you start reading this story, it’s hard to stop. The first few pages give the reader the intention that this could be a slow burn. But before you know it, the story ta...more
It's a pretty quick read, this journey down the rabbit-hole as a guy rescued from the brink of suicide learns that his missing wife might not be dead after all.
Dwyer's descriptive gifts are on full display here, as he renders the Boston streets in the obsidian shades at times reminiscent of Will Christopher Baer or Nik Korpon. Violent and romantic and persevering. It's very "bodily" stuff, as the character is often beaten or medicated or both, and we're right there riding every synapse and nerv...more
Dwyer's descriptive gifts are on full display here, as he renders the Boston streets in the obsidian shades at times reminiscent of Will Christopher Baer or Nik Korpon. Violent and romantic and persevering. It's very "bodily" stuff, as the character is often beaten or medicated or both, and we're right there riding every synapse and nerv...more
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I just finished reading Christopher Dwyer’s When October Falls. I’m saddened. Here’s hoping for a follow-up, When November Rises.
Full disclosure: I’ve known Chris for a while. I’d call him a friend. Fuller disclosure: Fuck friendship. Praising a good book is more important than tiptoeing around a friend’s emotions. So, for the sake of this quick bit of praise, let’s pretend that I have never met Chris. Let’s pretend I haven’t had a few rounds with him in Chicago, in Denver, and I think in New Yo...more
Full disclosure: I’ve known Chris for a while. I’d call him a friend. Fuller disclosure: Fuck friendship. Praising a good book is more important than tiptoeing around a friend’s emotions. So, for the sake of this quick bit of praise, let’s pretend that I have never met Chris. Let’s pretend I haven’t had a few rounds with him in Chicago, in Denver, and I think in New Yo...more
If you've never read the work of Christopher Dwyer, then prepare yourself. Reality is never what it seems, and the surreal, the atmosphere of his short stories, and this novel, When October Falls, is dripping with sensation. WOF is a heartbreaking story, about a man that will not give up on his love, and pursues her even though she may not still be alive. In a frantic pace, littered with violence and betrayal, you never have time to come up for air. Dwyer keeps you guessing, held down by his pow...more
From my review at Spinetingler Magazine:
After his wife suddenly disappears, Clint Korbis loses his mind and the will to live. He stands on the guardrail of a bridge, preparing to jump. His ‘deep breaths are absent of grace, fluttering with the dying motions of cancerous butterflies.’ Then there’s a gunshot.
Bullets and missing persons are part and parcel of the crime/noir game. However, when said bullet tears through our narrator’s thigh, knocking him from the guardrail and saving him from suicid...more
After his wife suddenly disappears, Clint Korbis loses his mind and the will to live. He stands on the guardrail of a bridge, preparing to jump. His ‘deep breaths are absent of grace, fluttering with the dying motions of cancerous butterflies.’ Then there’s a gunshot.
Bullets and missing persons are part and parcel of the crime/noir game. However, when said bullet tears through our narrator’s thigh, knocking him from the guardrail and saving him from suicid...more
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