{"id":8297,"date":"2016-01-06T13:08:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T18:08:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cemeterydanceonline.com\/?p=7333"},"modified":"2016-01-06T13:08:19","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T18:08:19","slug":"review-dark-city-a-novella-collection-by-brian-hodge-and-gerard-houarner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/review-dark-city-a-novella-collection-by-brian-hodge-and-gerard-houarner\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: &#039;Dark City: A Novella Collection&#039; by Brian Hodge and Gerard Houarner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Dark-City-Collection-Brian-Hodge-ebook\/dp\/B00ZP11NHS\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1451929907&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=Dark+City%3A+A+Novella+Collection+by+Brian+Hodge+and+Gerard+Houarner\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7334\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/darkcity-194x300.jpg?resize=194%2C300\" alt=\"darkcity\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" \/>Dark City: A Novella Collection<\/em>\u00a0by\u00a0Brian Hodge and Gerard Houarner<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Necro Publications\u00a0(August\u00a02015)<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>240\u00a0pages; $11.95 paperback\/$3.99 e-book<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Reviewed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrankMErrington\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Michaels Errington<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Dark City<\/em> is a collection of three novellas with varying takes on the apocalypse and the times following such a catastrophic event. The book features one longer piece from Brian Hodge and a couple of smaller novellas by Gerard Houarner.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;In the Negative Spaces&#8221; by Brian Hodge<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Wendy Weil comes to stay at her brother&#8217;s apartment in New York City. Barrett, at the front desk, welcomes her and in a way becomes her confidant in the days that follow. While living in her brother&#8217;s apartment, Wendy discovers the dream journal of her brother&#8217;s ex who one day just disappeared. What she finds while trying to solve this mystery makes for a very interesting story.<\/p>\n<p>Taking nothing away from Mr. Houarner, this was my favorite of the three stories in the collection. In promoting this work on his website Brian says the following. <em>&#8220;And somewhere in there, caramel-and-sea-salt brownies are served. Come for the brownies, stay for the blizzard and inter-dimensional chaos.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 Nice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Burning Bright In the Invisible Light&#8221; by Gerard Houarner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I loved the opening line in this story:\u00a0<em>&#8220;It came to IsaBella that evening, after her husband came home, that his eyes had changed color.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0 This made me want to know what that was all about.<\/p>\n<p>There seems to be some zombies in this story, but they are definitely in the background. This is really a story about trying to hold onto one&#8217;s personal reality while everything around you is becoming more and more unreal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;The Fear Puppet&#8221; by Gerard Houarner<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The apocalyptic event in this story was known as The Turning. We never really learn what that meant or what the cause was, but it really didn&#8217;t matter. I liked this story better than Gerard&#8217;s other entry.<\/p>\n<p>Marican works for the Ministry. While investigating the circumstances surrounding a missing man, he comes to question a teenage orphan girl named Oria, and here things get rather interesting. In Gerard&#8217;s Afterword for this tale he describes it as <em>&#8220;Kafka meets Lovecraft. Welcome to the after party for the Apocalypse.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Together, the three stories that make up <em>Dark City<\/em> are explorations of how life goes on in spite of dire circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Available in hardcover and trade paperback from Necro Publications and as an e-book from the usual online retailers.<\/p>\n<p>Recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark City: A Novella Collection\u00a0by\u00a0Brian Hodge and Gerard Houarner Necro Publications\u00a0(August\u00a02015) 240\u00a0pages; $11.95 paperback\/$3.99 e-book Reviewed by\u00a0Frank Michaels Errington Dark City is a collection of three novellas with varying takes on the apocalypse and the times following such a catastrophic event. 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