The Oblivion Room: Stories of Violation - Softcover
A woman finds herself alone in a pitch-black room without doors or windows, completely cut off from human contact...A man wakes one morning certain that today is the day he must commit an unspeakable atrocity...A gifted jazz musician runs from her past—but even she has no idea how lethal that past truly is.
THE OBLIVION ROOM: STORIES OF VIOLATION collects six of Christopher Conlon's most nightmarish works, tales in which the horrific can come from anywhere—or from everywhere at once.
“THE OBLIVION ROOM is, simply put, one of the best collections of short stories I've ever read. Remember that feeling you got the first time you read Ray Bradbury, or Stephen King, or Shirley Jackson, how magical the prose felt? Well, get ready to experience that magic again, because Christopher Conlon has it in spades. The stories presented here are absolutely fantastic. I devoured them all, and I’m willing to bet you will too. Along with Laird Barron and John Langan, Christopher Conlon is carrying the torch for literary horror in the 21st century. Pay attention, because Conlon is one of our best, hands down.” —Bram Stoker Award Winner Joe McKinney, author of MUTATED and INHERITANCE
“Connoisseurs of cutting-edge horror will not want to miss it.” —Carl Hays, Booklist
"Conlon is a consummate literary artist." —George Clayton Johnson, author of TWILIGHT ZONE SCRIPTS AND STORIES
"His stories are uncompromising, conveying a sense of lost time and unrealized dreams...He's a modern master." —William F. Nolan, author of LOGAN'S RUN
"A brilliant writer." —Gary A. Braunbeck, author of IN SILENT GRAVES
THE OBLIVION ROOM: STORIES OF VIOLATION collects six of Christopher Conlon's most nightmarish works, tales in which the horrific can come from anywhere—or from everywhere at once.
“THE OBLIVION ROOM is, simply put, one of the best collections of short stories I've ever read. Remember that feeling you got the first time you read Ray Bradbury, or Stephen King, or Shirley Jackson, how magical the prose felt? Well, get ready to experience that magic again, because Christopher Conlon has it in spades. The stories presented here are absolutely fantastic. I devoured them all, and I’m willing to bet you will too. Along with Laird Barron and John Langan, Christopher Conlon is carrying the torch for literary horror in the 21st century. Pay attention, because Conlon is one of our best, hands down.” —Bram Stoker Award Winner Joe McKinney, author of MUTATED and INHERITANCE
“Connoisseurs of cutting-edge horror will not want to miss it.” —Carl Hays, Booklist
"Conlon is a consummate literary artist." —George Clayton Johnson, author of TWILIGHT ZONE SCRIPTS AND STORIES
"His stories are uncompromising, conveying a sense of lost time and unrealized dreams...He's a modern master." —William F. Nolan, author of LOGAN'S RUN
"A brilliant writer." —Gary A. Braunbeck, author of IN SILENT GRAVES
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Since the publication of his acclaimed first novel, Midnight on Mourn Street (2008), Conlon has quickly established himself as one of the preeminent names in contemporary literary horror. His newest collection of short fiction showcases his penchant for bending genre conventions in imaginative and provocative new ways. In the title story, a woman with little memory of her former life finds herself imprisoned in a pitch-black cell and struggles to keep her sanity by writing a journal entirely in her head. “Skating the Shattered Glass Sea” tells the story of a dying businessman who pays a visit to the asylum where his mentally ill twin sister, unseen for more than 50 years, is still erecting the imaginary castles they created together as children. The protagonist in “Grace” revisits the childhood home and small closet where an abusive stepfather kept her confined with her fantasies. Every piece in the volume bears the stamp of Conlon’s gift for combining subtle terror with unforeseeable plot twists. Connoisseurs of cutting-edge horror will not want to miss it. --Carl Hays
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- PublisherEvil Jester Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0615758185
- ISBN 13 9780615758183
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages244
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