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After the People Lights Have Gone Off

Stephen Graham Jones,

Joe R. Lansdale (Introduction)

Start date: October 15, 2022

Finish date: November 14, 2022

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Jul 08, 2014 Victor *Nothing Happened* rated it really liked it

Shelves: horror

Stephen Graham Jones is one sick puppy. I want to say that I'd love to spend time in his head but I keep picturing Jennifer Lopez's character in the movie The Cell. I'll pass.

In this collection you will find aliens, science fiction and of course, horror. The stories are easy to get into and read through and some may stay with you long after you've read them.

I love Stephen's writing. He has a way of turning ordinary items like a thrift store hoodie or laser thermometer into something scary. He re ...more

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Nov 03, 2022 Lena rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: stoker-award, audio, disappointed, collection

Doc’s Story ★★★★☆
“We’re werewolves, this is what we do. This is how we live - if you want to call it that.”
This is was so depressing, dark and strange, that it felt real.

After the People Lights Have Gone Off ★★★★☆
“In some houses love really can last forever.”

That was beautiful and disturbing. The disabled sleepwalker was a scary visual! I wish the story included what happened to the mother.

Thirteen ★★★½☆
No don’t end there! I felt like the story was just getting legs! I hope he writes a ...more

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Jun 01, 2017 Fiona Knight rated it it was amazing

Shelves: short-n-sweet, absolute-favourites, horror

Stephen Graham Jones really understands horror, the way that the most mundane and ordinary things can be twisted just slightly off kilter into something terrifying.

It's a fantastic collection, and one which is likely to satisfy the most jaded of horror fans. ...more

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Dec 06, 2020 Icy-Cobwebs-In-Space rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2020_a-z_h-a, 2020_horror, a1-scribd, 2020_fantasy, 2020_reads, december_2020_reads, 2020_virtual_tbr_challenge, 2020_wbtm_reading-challenge, 2020_december-s_best

Review after I recover from the immense powerful impact.

Read in Anthology Fearful Symmetries for 2020 Advent Short Story Challenge ...more

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Jan 20, 2019 Amanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: need-to-review, read-in-2019, short-stories

I'm not going to be able to do this one justice with my review. I really enjoyed this collection of stories, but as I understand it now, there is a whole other layer of meaning that the stories take if you consider them in conjunction with the work of other writers. So, since I did not do that, here is my review of just this volume.

Jones is known to me as a literary fiction writer, since he once spoke at my former university and read from one of his "straight fiction" works, so I was pleasantly ...more

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Apr 11, 2024 Canavan rated it liked it

Shelves: sss-2022, ha-2024-tbr_challenge

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“Thirteen” (2013) ✭✭✭✭
“Brushdogs” (2014) ✭✭✭½
“Welcome to the Reptile House” (2012) ✭✭✭½
“This Is Love” (2012) ✭✭✭
“The Spindly Man” (2014) ✭✭✭½
“Xebico” (2014) ✭✭✭✭
“The Black Sleeve of Destiny” (2011) ✭✭
“The Spider Box” (2014) ✭✭✭
“Snow Monsters” (2014) ✭✭✭✭
“Doc’s Story” (2014) ✭✭✭½
“The Dead Are Not” (2014) ✭✭✭✭
“Second Chances” (2014) ✭✭
“After the People Lights Have Gone Off” (2014) ✭✭½
“Uncle” (2012) ✭✭½
“Solve for X” (2014) ✭½

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