New collection of short horror from J.W. Schnarr
When J.W. Schnarr presented us with a second collection of short horror stories we were more than intrigued, given his dark, eyes-wide-open collection Things Falling Apart, which we published in 2012.
This collection, A Quiet Place, marks a distinct development in Schnarr's very aggressive style, yet demonstrates a growing subtlety into the psychological over the physical. We journey with him through the hazardous discovery of adolescent female sexuality, the imperatives of affordable labour, watch myth become reality, environments launching attacks, and the dark landscapes of minds battered into breaking. Eleven short stories make up this new collection, and will leave you anything but comfortable.
The brilliant and almost dream-like cover is again the result of the unfathomable mind of Jeff Minkevics, Five Rivers' Art Director. He wanted to created a sense of the perils of spirituality, of delving too deeply to find that still, quiet place where sometimes peace transforms into suffering. We think he achieved that, and eloquently represented the tone of Schnarr's newest collection.
J.W. Schnarr is a horror writer originally from Calgary, Alberta Canada. He is the author of the novel Alice & Dorothy as well as the short fiction collection Things Falling Apart. A member of the HWA and SF Canada, he can be seen lurking in places such as Best New Zombie Tales Volume II (Books of the Dead Press) where Rue Morgue magazine dubbed his story "Freshest Tale" of the anthology. He's also been spotted in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and will also be found in Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books) alongside the likes of Ramsey Campbell and Jack Ketchum.
Schnarr has a space at Black Glove Magazine where he writes a monthly editorial titled The Hand That Reads. By day he works as a reporter and photographer for the Claresholm Local Press in Claresholm, Alberta. Look him up on Facebook, Twitter, or Goodreads, or check out his blog at jwschnarr.blogspot.com.
A Quiet Place releases November 1, 2013 in trade paperback (15.99) and eBook ($4.99) through Five Rivers and online booksellers globally.
Format
Print $15.99 CAD
eBook $4.99 CAD
This collection, A Quiet Place, marks a distinct development in Schnarr's very aggressive style, yet demonstrates a growing subtlety into the psychological over the physical. We journey with him through the hazardous discovery of adolescent female sexuality, the imperatives of affordable labour, watch myth become reality, environments launching attacks, and the dark landscapes of minds battered into breaking. Eleven short stories make up this new collection, and will leave you anything but comfortable.
The brilliant and almost dream-like cover is again the result of the unfathomable mind of Jeff Minkevics, Five Rivers' Art Director. He wanted to created a sense of the perils of spirituality, of delving too deeply to find that still, quiet place where sometimes peace transforms into suffering. We think he achieved that, and eloquently represented the tone of Schnarr's newest collection.
J.W. Schnarr is a horror writer originally from Calgary, Alberta Canada. He is the author of the novel Alice & Dorothy as well as the short fiction collection Things Falling Apart. A member of the HWA and SF Canada, he can be seen lurking in places such as Best New Zombie Tales Volume II (Books of the Dead Press) where Rue Morgue magazine dubbed his story "Freshest Tale" of the anthology. He's also been spotted in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine and will also be found in Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books) alongside the likes of Ramsey Campbell and Jack Ketchum.
Schnarr has a space at Black Glove Magazine where he writes a monthly editorial titled The Hand That Reads. By day he works as a reporter and photographer for the Claresholm Local Press in Claresholm, Alberta. Look him up on Facebook, Twitter, or Goodreads, or check out his blog at jwschnarr.blogspot.com.
A Quiet Place releases November 1, 2013 in trade paperback (15.99) and eBook ($4.99) through Five Rivers and online booksellers globally.
Format
Print $15.99 CAD
eBook $4.99 CAD
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