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The Immanent World: Cluichi: A Horror Anthology Series
Angels and Demons Don't Bet With Money ... They Bet With Your Soul Omar Snellings had no idea that on this day — the final day of his life — that he'd be introduced to the ethereal forces of Heaven and Hell engaged in a series of card games, or cluichi, that used human souls as currency. Clive Reznor's newest horror anthology book will test your limits. Told in six short stories ranging from gothic horror to social commentary to dark comedy, The Immanent Cluichi - A Horror Anthology Series is a thrill ride through the darkest hidden corners of the human mind. Six Twisted Tales Of Terror! For readers who The Books of Blood, Night Shift, Six Scary Stories, The New Weird Clive Barker, Ramsey Campbell, Dean Koontz, Stephen King Short story collections / anthologies Supernatural tales occult unexplained mysteries dark comedy, societal horror, body horror paranormal, graphic tales, books for adults angels and demons horror novels This book will be a great addition to your nighttime reading collection.
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320 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 25, 2017
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November 8, 2017
(Mr. Reznor gave me a copy of his book in exchange for an honest review.)
9/10 my reviews get rejected by Amazon no matter how I try, and that's a drag, but it's very freeing also, you know, I'm going to start this one with a minor criticism and end it with an OT ramble and deal with it gif, blahdy blahdy blah. Lick my Fun Dip, Bezos.
The minor criticism: this collection is a bit preachy in places, like soapbox preachy, which is not to my taste. Also, YMMV, but a few of the typos were really itchy for me, such as "yamaka" (it's yarmulke, bub) and "per say," (per se) and a character who started out as Ortiz but became Alvarez two pages later.
I like this author, though, you know, I read his novella not long ago and it was so pleasing to me, and the tone of this collection is different, but the spirit of it is very much the same (for me.) It employs a unifying story as a framing device, allows for some small leaching of one story into another, similar to the goofy horror anthology films of the 80s.
(It's true that they still do it nowadays, but it's largely perfunctory now, if you ask me. Remember those people in the spooky house in V/H/S 2? Don't lie. I'll know if you try. I only remember them because I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo-ho.)
(The preachy bits actually sort of work for me in that light, actually.)
(Parentheses.)
I'm not what you'd call a power reader of horror anthologies, so I don't feel all that qualified to assess this book on that basis, but of the ones I've read, this is by far the best.
This maybe sounds like damning with faint praise, as they say in the parlance of our times--remember when I read the one with all the haunted truckers?--but I don't mean it like that, okay, this book is good. Ambitious, unusual, and good.
Its characters are three-dimensional, its various worlds rich and believable, its stories solidly structured, its pacing measured, and its ideas smart and original, even when they feel familiar.
(The framing device for example felt to me like a cross between Cards Against Humanity and The Seventh Seal, but not in a lazy, deliberate or ignorant way, more like "this is the very thing that happens, don't act like it's not.")
I respect the author's commitment to his craft, and I admire his breadth of vision.
PS: I have a bad habit of anticipating which way a story's going to jump, because they're so often so predictable, so uninspired, but in the case of this book, I only did it on one occasion, and I was dead fargin' wrong. This never happens! I was thrilled.
Anyway!
OT ramble: one of the stories in this collection suggests technology that can preserve/recreate human consciousness after death, which is interesting to me in and of itself, but also because I've seen a ton of such stories recently, this one, and one of the stories in Sean Kennedy's Ambient Reports:2087, and Alan Resnick's Live Forever As You Are Now, and the "San Junipero" episode of Black Mirror.
So many people dreaming up the same idea feels portentous, yeah? Evolutionary or etc. Granted, in the case of Mr. Reznor it's maybe a ghost, despite how it's represented originally, but still.
Science.
9/10 my reviews get rejected by Amazon no matter how I try, and that's a drag, but it's very freeing also, you know, I'm going to start this one with a minor criticism and end it with an OT ramble and deal with it gif, blahdy blahdy blah. Lick my Fun Dip, Bezos.
The minor criticism: this collection is a bit preachy in places, like soapbox preachy, which is not to my taste. Also, YMMV, but a few of the typos were really itchy for me, such as "yamaka" (it's yarmulke, bub) and "per say," (per se) and a character who started out as Ortiz but became Alvarez two pages later.
I like this author, though, you know, I read his novella not long ago and it was so pleasing to me, and the tone of this collection is different, but the spirit of it is very much the same (for me.) It employs a unifying story as a framing device, allows for some small leaching of one story into another, similar to the goofy horror anthology films of the 80s.
(It's true that they still do it nowadays, but it's largely perfunctory now, if you ask me. Remember those people in the spooky house in V/H/S 2? Don't lie. I'll know if you try. I only remember them because I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo-ho.)
(The preachy bits actually sort of work for me in that light, actually.)
(Parentheses.)
I'm not what you'd call a power reader of horror anthologies, so I don't feel all that qualified to assess this book on that basis, but of the ones I've read, this is by far the best.
This maybe sounds like damning with faint praise, as they say in the parlance of our times--remember when I read the one with all the haunted truckers?--but I don't mean it like that, okay, this book is good. Ambitious, unusual, and good.
Its characters are three-dimensional, its various worlds rich and believable, its stories solidly structured, its pacing measured, and its ideas smart and original, even when they feel familiar.
(The framing device for example felt to me like a cross between Cards Against Humanity and The Seventh Seal, but not in a lazy, deliberate or ignorant way, more like "this is the very thing that happens, don't act like it's not.")
I respect the author's commitment to his craft, and I admire his breadth of vision.
PS: I have a bad habit of anticipating which way a story's going to jump, because they're so often so predictable, so uninspired, but in the case of this book, I only did it on one occasion, and I was dead fargin' wrong. This never happens! I was thrilled.
Anyway!
OT ramble: one of the stories in this collection suggests technology that can preserve/recreate human consciousness after death, which is interesting to me in and of itself, but also because I've seen a ton of such stories recently, this one, and one of the stories in Sean Kennedy's Ambient Reports:2087, and Alan Resnick's Live Forever As You Are Now, and the "San Junipero" episode of Black Mirror.
So many people dreaming up the same idea feels portentous, yeah? Evolutionary or etc. Granted, in the case of Mr. Reznor it's maybe a ghost, despite how it's represented originally, but still.
Science.
February 7, 2018
Horror novels. Usually they follow the same pattern and same olf cheap scares without much explanation. This one however. I completely lived it. It was interesting to read, very captivating and the story in itself was awesome. I loved it.
March 13, 2018
I liked that these were short stories. I like having something to read in waiting rooms and this fit the bill.
I thought the stories were overall, pretty original.
I wasn't particularly scared by any of them.
I did find this to be a quick read.
I would read another book from this author.
I thought the stories were overall, pretty original.
I wasn't particularly scared by any of them.
I did find this to be a quick read.
I would read another book from this author.
September 3, 2018
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I love the way it's written. Each story had me hooked from the beginning. If you like horror, I highly recommend this!
March 16, 2018
Interesting collection of stories
An anthology of horror stories with a twist about life, consequences and the tag of war for souls in the afterlife. A novel approach looking at how the forces in afterlife influence outcomes of the living. Some of the tales have descriptive scenes of blood and gore. Its not for the faint hearted but unique and well written. I liked it and recommend it to hard core horror and supernatural fans.
An anthology of horror stories with a twist about life, consequences and the tag of war for souls in the afterlife. A novel approach looking at how the forces in afterlife influence outcomes of the living. Some of the tales have descriptive scenes of blood and gore. Its not for the faint hearted but unique and well written. I liked it and recommend it to hard core horror and supernatural fans.
August 27, 2018
It was kind of hard for me to get into because it's not usually the genre I read from. Once I got into it, I found very interesting.
March 28, 2018
Fight for fate
Wow.what a wild twist for a horror story.Angel and demon playing a game to see who and why they were chosen for heaven or bell. Great reading
Wow.what a wild twist for a horror story.Angel and demon playing a game to see who and why they were chosen for heaven or bell. Great reading
October 7, 2018
A must read
Clive reznor is the new King, the new Barker! I loved this book! Couldn't put it down - read the whole book in one sitting. Now I'm shopping at the kindle bookstore for more Reznor books! Great new author for me!
Clive reznor is the new King, the new Barker! I loved this book! Couldn't put it down - read the whole book in one sitting. Now I'm shopping at the kindle bookstore for more Reznor books! Great new author for me!
March 4, 2018
A so so piece of horror
The concept as a whole is interesting but feels diluted and definitely not of the caliber of The Books of Blood and its like.
A few of the individual chapters are entertaining, but most lack any real substance of a good thriller or horror. The book has some rather blatant grammatical errors throughout and could use the help of a good editor. The moments of humor are weak and the stories all feel incomplete, including the encompassing story which could use a concluding chapter to bring the whole to a close rather than the dangling end that the book has.
Something to read in pieces when bored yet not worth fussing over when so many other books in this genre are so much better.
The concept as a whole is interesting but feels diluted and definitely not of the caliber of The Books of Blood and its like.
A few of the individual chapters are entertaining, but most lack any real substance of a good thriller or horror. The book has some rather blatant grammatical errors throughout and could use the help of a good editor. The moments of humor are weak and the stories all feel incomplete, including the encompassing story which could use a concluding chapter to bring the whole to a close rather than the dangling end that the book has.
Something to read in pieces when bored yet not worth fussing over when so many other books in this genre are so much better.
October 24, 2018
Great read! Very imaginative!Great for night reading by yourself and for me .....my fire pit.
I really enjoyed this book! It wasn't the horroror I was expecting but still a page turner and in some way really puts a lot of people's lives in perspective. The stories in this book are super imaginative and the Author found a way to keep to right in the middle of every one. After the second story I wondered if the great writing would become redundant but it didnt and it built up to a great ending that you thought might be coming great ending that you thought might be coming but was still unsure of your self. Bravo I hope might be coming but was still unsure of your self. Bravo I hope that all your works are this intriguing, Thank
I really enjoyed this book! It wasn't the horroror I was expecting but still a page turner and in some way really puts a lot of people's lives in perspective. The stories in this book are super imaginative and the Author found a way to keep to right in the middle of every one. After the second story I wondered if the great writing would become redundant but it didnt and it built up to a great ending that you thought might be coming great ending that you thought might be coming but was still unsure of your self. Bravo I hope might be coming but was still unsure of your self. Bravo I hope that all your works are this intriguing, Thank
March 11, 2018
Not bad
I enjoyed the primary story and a couple of the others. But I don't like it when an author puts his own political views on display to make a story. I read a story, especially a horror story to escape and suspend reality and nothing more.
I enjoyed the primary story and a couple of the others. But I don't like it when an author puts his own political views on display to make a story. I read a story, especially a horror story to escape and suspend reality and nothing more.
April 5, 2019
The stories from this collection were entertaining, but not necessarily scary. I have already read the 3rd Vol, 404, and can say that it is a significant improvement from this one in story telling and grammatical errors. But, overall I did enjoy this book and look forward to the next one this author writes.
January 16, 2023
Very intense and different through each story. It was something new yet still scary.
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