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Stories from the Plague Years
Stories from the Plague Years is the first fiction collection from award-winning fantasy author Michael Marano.
Nine tales are arranged in a haunting symphony that guides readers through a tour of the darkest landscapes of human existence. Here, fury and hate grow so strong, they cannot be held within one man's body, and manifest themselves to devastating effect. Cities co...more
Nine tales are arranged in a haunting symphony that guides readers through a tour of the darkest landscapes of human existence. Here, fury and hate grow so strong, they cannot be held within one man's body, and manifest themselves to devastating effect. Cities co...more
Hardcover, Limited Edition of 1000 signed copies bound in full cloth and Smyth sewn, 245 pages
Published
January 11th 2011
by Cemetery Dance Publications
(first published September 2010)
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I like Mike Marano's writing style; his ability to start a passage with a sentence that instantly hooks you is great. I agree with whatever reviewer wrote that Marano is a writer's writer. I think it takes a bit of experience writing to appreciate his writing, and even then, you have to want to feel an oppressive weight when you're reading. The weight of the world is on you, and there's no way to escape, but somebody's amused at your futile attempts to find a way to be successful. :)
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This is the seventh book in the Cemetery Dance Book Club 3.0 collection. This special signed edition is limited to 1000 copies.
Depths are explored which most would rather not read about. This is no beach book; this is a collection of shorts to be read in quiet isolation so that its immersive nature can be fully realized. Your tea will go cold and forgotten and time will slip away. This is the stuff writers look for to counter the emptying influence of lighter fare.
Thanks, Michael, for restoring...more
Depths are explored which most would rather not read about. This is no beach book; this is a collection of shorts to be read in quiet isolation so that its immersive nature can be fully realized. Your tea will go cold and forgotten and time will slip away. This is the stuff writers look for to counter the emptying influence of lighter fare.
Thanks, Michael, for restoring...more
(Note: this is actually an ARC.)
Michael Marano’s Stories from the Plague Years is a book that is going to challenge readers on multiple levels. In fact, it’s a challenge to write a review for it, because I have to balance my appreciation for the book’s depth against my belief that it’s not a book that everyone is going to enjoy. Read the rest of my review at http://theoctobercountry.wordpress.com.
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