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Down Here In The Dark (Division #8)

by Lee Thompson (Goodreads Author)

4.53 of 5 stars 4.53 · rating details · 19 ratings · 7 reviews

Taking place only a week after the events in IRON BUTTERFLIES RUST, this Division Mythos novella finds Frank Gunn breaking down. His ex-wife's family has him committed to New Wave Hospital.

While fighting to feel again, to remember his son's face and the life he had before, people mysteriously begin to disappear around him. What remains of his life is plunged into the dark,...more

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Published January 30th 2012 by Delirium Books (first published January 1st 2012)

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Mar 27, 2012 Peter Schwotzer rated it 5 of 5 stars

“Down Here In The Dark” is the title of Lee Thompson’s new book from DarkFuse, and appropriately so. Once you finish reading Lee’s latest excursion into terror you most definitely won’t want to be in the dark at all.

Lee’s fiction is as visceral emotionally as it gets. Lee has the uncanny ability to draw you into his tales and his characters. “Down Here In The Dark” is effective on so many levels that you will not be able to put it down once you start, and when you finish, you will be emotionally...more

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Apr 29, 2012 Benjamin Uminsky rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, fantasy

I'm not entirely sure what installment we are now on from the dark and wild imagination of Lee Thompson, but "Down Here in the Dark" is his newest novella that brings together characters that were introduced in his other mythos stories. The story of Frank, which last left off in a fiery wreckage from "Iron Butterflies Rust", is continued on in DHitD with Frank being abandoned to his own devices in an asylum.

Thompson does a great job of not only further developing this highly complex character,...more

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Feb 05, 2012 Dave rated it 5 of 5 stars

Lee Thompson continues to add layers to his Division mythos, this time with the second tale of Frank Gunn, "Down Here in the Dark," which picks up right after the tragic events of "Iron Butterflies Rust."

This time around Frank finds himself in New Wave Hospital, desperately trying to remember his son, his ex-wife, and the life he led before being committed. During his short time there, he meets Boaz, the young protagonist from "As I Embrace My Jagged Edges" and Jassen, a big man with a secret pa...more

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Feb 09, 2012 K.E. rated it 4 of 5 stars

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Better to die, he thought, than deal with that crazy shit forever.

As much as I would like to ease the suffering of Lee Thompson’s characters, I’m glad his Division Mythos continues in DOWN HERE IN THE DARK. This novella begins where IRON BUTTERFLIES RUST leaves off. Having battled demons, Frank Gunn is on his knees, beaten to the edge of sanity. The police think he’s stepped past that edge. His memories are nearly gone, jumbled and frightening. Frank has lost the thread of his old life. At...more Quote:
Better to die, he thought, than deal with that crazy shit forever.

As much as I would like to ease the suffering of Lee Thompson’s characters, I’m glad his Division Mythos continues in DOWN HERE IN THE DARK. This novella begins where IRON BUTTERFLIES RUST leaves off. Having battled demons, Frank Gunn is on his knees, beaten to the edge of sanity. The police think he’s stepped past that edge. His memories are nearly gone, jumbled and frightening. Frank has lost the thread of his old life. At New Wave Hospital he is supposed to find his way back.

Or not. Perhaps he’ll only face further testing at the hands of lost souls and even more monstrous demons.

New Wave is a strange place. Secrets bleed from the walls, staining its inhabitants. The caretakers seem unaware, or uninterested in the bizarre things happening under their roof. Psychotics hold forth before their congregation of writhing, blood-consuming acolytes. Death Mask roams the grounds, spreading his malevolence. Here, Frank meets Boaz (who has his own story in Thompson’s AS I EMBRACE MY JAGGED EDGES) a teenager who says he murdered his mother, and Jassen, a large man with his own secrets, hidden behind a child-like façade. Together, they must find their way through this newest trial.

Thompson strips Frank of his past, but his personality remains. Frank is the same protective, damaged man in IRON BUTTERFLIES RUST. The reader has no choice but to empathize with Frank as he stumbles through his new surroundings, numb and hurting and trying to regain his equilibrium.

The themes common to the Division mythos of guilt, regret, loneliness, redemption, love and grief are once again showcased. The prose seduces, and Thompson’s skill shows in full force. Frank’s experience, his revelations and choices, his basic compassion, are poignant. Thompson manages to spotlight the humanity in monsters. I defy you not to be moved by The Girl with the Fistful of Razors, even as she cuts to the bone.

DOWN HERE IN THE DARK is about the search for hope and continuing on when its glimmer is faint. It is about making choices, even when you don’t like the offerings, and finding peace in the decision. Full of raw emotion, the novella sets the stage for the next chapter of the Division Mythos in Thompson’s next novel, THE DAMPNESS OF MOURNING. I cannot wait.

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Dec 05, 2012 Brett Talley rated it 4 of 5 stars

I feel very fortunate to have stumbled upon Lee Thompson. He is a real talent, and his ability to craft creepy, bizarre, and terrifying scenes is on par with any writer I've experienced. I give this piece four stars only because I haven't read the story to which it is a sequel--might up my rating after doing so--and because one of Thompson's other pieces, When We Join Jesus In Hell, was so compelling that I wanted to differentiate between the two. Read the guys work. It's fantastic.

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Feb 01, 2012 Lee Thompson rated it 5 of 5 stars · (Review from the author)

Recommended to Lee by: Fans of Tom Piccirilli, Douglas Clegg, Greg Gifune, etc.

This guy is brilliant.

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Feb 09, 2012 Jennifer | Book Den rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror

Loved it. Dark, unique, excellent addition to Lee Thompson's Division mythos.

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About Lee Thompson

I write dark fiction. I want to make people feel and make them think. That's my dream. I will also be writing under the names Thomas Morgan, James Logan, and Julian Vaughn. Some of my favorite authors: Clive Barker, Donald Westlake, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Greg Gifune, Lee Thomas, William Faulkner, Robert Dunbar, John Gardner, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, John Connolly, Jack Cady, Tom Picc...more I write dark fiction. I want to make people feel and make them think. That's my dream. I will also be writing under the names Thomas Morgan, James Logan, and Julian Vaughn. Some of my favorite authors: Clive Barker, Donald Westlake, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Greg Gifune, Lee Thomas, William Faulkner, Robert Dunbar, John Gardner, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, John Connolly, Jack Cady, Tom Piccirilli, Brian Hodge, Douglas Clegg, Jack Ketchum, Lee Child, James Lee Burke, and Cormac McCarthy.

"10 out of 10 Stars... GOSSAMER: A TALE OF LOVE AND TRAGEDY will blow you away my friends. It is that good." -- Peter Schwotzer/Famous Monsters of Filmland.

"WHEN WE JOIN JESUS IN HELL is as crazy as its tormented protagonist. Hard as nails.” – Jack Ketchum

“Lee Thompson knows his horror-noir. He fuses both genres together in the turmoil of terror, tragedy, blood, guilt, and lost chances at redemption.”–Tom Piccirilli, author of THE LAST KIND WORDS

"The voice of the deputy feels authentic: brooding, soulful, haunted. In fact, there’s a heartfelt quality to the whole grim book. Even some of the most grisly moments manage to be poetic and full of emotion, and the author’s literary influences echo loudly. At times, the mood evokes Piccirilli or Braunbeck or Gifune combined with Sherwood Anderson."-- Robert Dunbar, author of WILLY, THE PINES, and THE SHORE

“Thompson’s voice is his own — strong, hypnotic, and unsettling. Nursery Rhymes 4 Dead Children is a bleak fucking book, and therein lies its danger. So beautifully-constructed is Thompson’s prose, that the reader is often caught off-guard, mesmerized by a turn of phrase or a descriptive passage, until the book grabs you by the balls and rips them right off, breaking your heart and your psyche in the process.” — Brian Keene, author of GHOUL, DARK HOLLOW and THE RISING.

"I’ve said it many times and believe it more everyday, Lee Thompson is not only the next big name at Delirium Books but in the genre." – Shane Ryan Staley at Darkfuse Publications.

"The Dampness of Mourning is a riveting Thriller..." Midwest Book Review.

"Lee Thompson’s prose is electric!" — Bob Freeman, author of DESCENDANT.

"Like a dark Twilight Zone meets Alfred Hitchcock Mystery." -- Lee Thompson, author of NURSERY RHYMES 4 DEAD CHILDREN.

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“He whispered, “Follow me,” though he had no idea where to go. There was a time, not long ago, when his instincts had kept him alive on the dark streets, the long beats, with rain hammering down on gun-toting punks, slick drug dealers, prostitutes with sharp teeth. He’d thought it a mad world then, and he thought it now, It’s a sharp, mad world. It’ll bleed you out.” — 3 people liked it

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