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Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny
Twenty-five stories of horror, fantasy, and science fiction by award-winning fabulist Robin Spriggs: a tin-can golem in search of her long-lost maker . . . an old movie house where the cost of admission is far greater than the patrons think . . . a boyhood friendship changed forever by a woman of flowers adrift in a backwoods stream . . . and many other encounters, all of them WONDROUS STRANGE.
264 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2001
About the author
Robin Spriggs
13 books24 followersRobin Spriggs is the author of Diary of a Gentleman Diabolist, Wondrous Strange: Tales of the Uncanny, The Dracula Poems, Capes & Cowls: Adventures in Wyrd City, and over 200 short stories and poems that have appeared in a wide variety of publications. His work has been nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, Pushcart Prize, and multiple Rhysling Awards.
As an actor, Spriggs has appeared as Captain Franco in NBC's Revolution, Chris Amante in USA Network’s Necessary Roughness, and as affable sociopath Alfonse Duncan in the rural noir Sinkhole. He is currently attached to the romantic comedy The Genesis of Lincoln and the horror film The Ballad of Jimmy Hallows.
As an actor, Spriggs has appeared as Captain Franco in NBC's Revolution, Chris Amante in USA Network’s Necessary Roughness, and as affable sociopath Alfonse Duncan in the rural noir Sinkhole. He is currently attached to the romantic comedy The Genesis of Lincoln and the horror film The Ballad of Jimmy Hallows.
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September 9, 2011
Both wondrous and strange, this collection of short stories by Robin Spriggs is one of the greatest I've ever read. I was familiar with Spriggs' prose poetry from his awesome "Diary of a Gentleman Diabolist." From that I knew he had powerful poetic accumen, but from WONDROUS STRANGE, I now know he is an equally great story teller. From cover to cover, this is a masterpiece. I would say my single criticism might be that several stories escaped my understanding, but that isn't to say I wasn't captivated by the language used and that I won't sometime return to the stories to derive meaning. Much like Thomas Ligotti, Robin Spriggs is not an author to visit momentarily.
Aside from screaming READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS, I feel as though there isn't enough dark glitter in the world to cast upon this brief review. WONDROUS STRANGE deserves every magnificent feeling I experienced to be described in stark detail. This book lives. It breathes. It bleeds. It doesn't give up all hope, yet it describes a place where it can be lost or gained in the blink of a goblin's eye.
Magic does exist, it turns out, and it is found in a place we've all suspected it to be hiding: a sacred book of dreams, nightmares and the waking world. It's all there, waiting to be discovered.
Aside from screaming READ THIS READ THIS READ THIS, I feel as though there isn't enough dark glitter in the world to cast upon this brief review. WONDROUS STRANGE deserves every magnificent feeling I experienced to be described in stark detail. This book lives. It breathes. It bleeds. It doesn't give up all hope, yet it describes a place where it can be lost or gained in the blink of a goblin's eye.
Magic does exist, it turns out, and it is found in a place we've all suspected it to be hiding: a sacred book of dreams, nightmares and the waking world. It's all there, waiting to be discovered.
May 12, 2011
This is an awesome book. You can read my review online, google 'Wondrous Strange' and 'Horror News'
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