wounds six stories from the border of hell

All of the characters have a rather similar vibe to them upon the surface, but that's where it ends. I've got the howling wind, the drenched autumn air, the nameless feel of dread in the American South. This book does atmosphere all kinds of wonderful. But I didn't know what to expect, either, so I kinda winged it until I got the main feels down.Ītmosphere. This short story collection is very good if you go in with properly set expectations. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with his daughter.

His story 'The Monsters of Heaven' won the inaugural Shirley Jackson Award. He worked as a bartender in New Orleans and New York City and a cook on offshore oil rigs. Nathan Ballingrud was born in Massachusetts but has spent most of his life in the South. All are faced with the loneliest corners of themselves and strive to find an escape. Sometimes, they are ruined sometimes redeemed.

The often working-class people in these stories are driven to extremes by love. Sometimes these are monsters in their traditional guises, sometimes they wear the faces of parents, lovers, or ourselves. They are us and we are them and Ballingrud's intense focus makes these stories incredibly intense and irresistible. Monsters, real and imagined, external and internal, are the subject. Nathan Ballingrud's Shirley Jackson Award winning debut collection is a shattering and luminous experience not to be missed by those who love to explore the darker parts of the human psyche.

Wounds six stories from the border of hell