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Futile Efforts
by Tom Piccirilli
Futile Efforts features nearly 500 pages of Tom Piccirilli's unique
blend of intense and provocative writing. In addition, the four-time winner
of the Bram Stoker Award invited a group of guest contributors that reads like
a "who's who in horror" to write smart and insightful introductions
for every piece in this outstanding collection. These authors include Jack Ketchum,
Edward Lee, Thomas Monteleone, Gerard Houarner, Ray Garton, Brian Keene, Christopher
Golden, Simon Clark, Ed Gorman, James Moore, and many others.
Leading off with the controversial novella Fuckin’ Lie Down Already
and concluding with 45 of the author's most acclaimed poems, Futile Efforts
is an incredible collection of horror and suspense. Whether you're experiencing
Piccirilli's compelling writing for the first time, or you're a long-time fan
and collector, this is a must-have addition to your bookshelf.
Available only as an exclusive signed Limited Edition from Cemetery Dance Publications,
this special edition is sure to top many reviewer and reader lists this year!
About the Author:
Tom Piccirilli lives in Colorado where, besides writing, he spends an inordinate
amount of time watching trash cult films and reading Gold Medal classic noir
and hardboiled novels. He's the author of twenty novels including THE COLD SPOT,
THE MIDNIGHT ROAD, THE DEAD LETTERS, and A CHOIR OF ILL CHILDREN. He's a four-time
winner of the Bram Stoker Award and has been nominated for the World Fantasy
Award, the International Thriller Writers Award, and Le Grand Prix de L'Imaginaire.
Praise & reviews:
"In this disturbing, often grotesque and ultimately mesmerizing collection,
Piccirilli reprints 17 stories and 45 poems. Although the star-studded introductions
are a nice bonus, Piccirilli's stories are the selling point, and all are standouts.
'An Average Insanity, a Common Agony' is an emotionally devastating
tale of a man trying to do the right thing for the sake of an innocent creature.
'Alchemy' tells the story of five emotionally stunted people whose
discovery of a dead body lets them visit their own dark places ('They
weren't frightened [by the sight of the corpse]. None of us were. It broke up
the monotony'). 'With an Ear for My Father's Weeping' manages
to be both touching and hysterical. Piccirilli's unique mix of gore, violence
and a literate style bordering on the lyrical help make this collection one
that horror fans will relish."
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Tom Piccirilli is a skilled and versatile wordsmith: a dark fantasist with the heart of a crime/Noir writer, a sculptor of oddities, and a gifted poet, also. However, for all Piccirilli's strange, melancholic grace, the sharp edge of steel isn't far behind."
— Shroud Magazine
Available in two states:
Limited edition of 1000 signed copies ($40)
Traycased Lettered Edition of 26 signed and lettered copies bound in
leather with a satin ribbon page marker ($175)
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