Michelle Browne
ebook | Pages: 397 pages Rating: 4.39 | 56 Users | 20 Reviews
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Nightmares bleed into the waking world. Featuring a full-length novel, "The Underlighters", and eleven stand-alone short stories, this collection blends fairy tales, horror, and science fiction. A city of shadows lurks underground. Restless ghosts, eerie dolls, and spiteful stepmothers wait among other dreams. These are haunting stories of love, madness and small disasters."The Underlighters" is a dystopian horror coming-of-age adventure that follows the life of Janelle Cohen from insignificance to bitter-sweet triumph.
"Footsteps in the Snow" is a Lovecraftian nightmare set in a Canadian winter.
"A Shot of Vodka", a darkly realistic exploration of life after trauma, rounds out the collection. More and stranger stories fill in the gaps.
This genre-breaking anthology is a new and ferocious look at the frailty of the human condition. Gender and sexual mores are rewritten; dreams and reality merge. Primal fears take physical form. This beautifully-written thrill ride will captivate you long after the last page.
Mention Appertaining To Books The Loved, The Lost, The Dreaming
| Title | : | The Loved, The Lost, The Dreaming |
| Author | : | Michelle Browne |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | First edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 397 pages |
| Published | : | January 29th 2013 by Smashwords |
| Categories | : | Horror. Short Stories. Fantasy. Science Fiction. Dystopia |
Rating Appertaining To Books The Loved, The Lost, The Dreaming
Ratings: 4.39 From 56 Users | 20 ReviewsEvaluation Appertaining To Books The Loved, The Lost, The Dreaming
Ok, like Holy freakin Cow! Let's just say that when I started this AWESOME book Monday night, and I didn't realize the length and how awesome this anthology was going to be! With that being said, I really didn't get to digest everything in this book!This book was amazing! One thing I will add is that since I did read almost 1500 pages in 48 hours, it took me about the first 3 chapters to grasp what was going on in The Underlighters... but once I did IT WAS AMAZING! The remainder of the book is
The Loved, the Lost, the Dreaming by author Michelle Browne is a diverse collection of stories that will astound you with their intensity, detail and unique feel. First up, a very disturbing look at a dystopian future world, holding only a bleak future for its inhabitants, is The Underlighters. Teenaged Janelle is training as an electrician, not because she is dying for the position, but because there isnt much else in store for her future, until the day she comes home bloody and bruised with a
The Loved, The Lost, The Dreaming comprises one full-length novel (The Underlighters) and a number of short stories.The Underlighters is something of a crossover novel, containing elements of science fiction and horror, but with some underlying messages about politics and social justice. Ms Brownes characters live in an underground city, the surface of the planet having been taken over by The Dust a dangerous and otherworldly entity from which the stuff of nightmares is fashioned.Having read
(Notes stored here for the wife, who plans to have me read it eventually)She enjoyed the Underlighters a lot, though she said it could benefit from very specific proofreading(I guess it was mostly clean, but there were some errors, particularly recurring errors with commas, that bugged her) and the narrative tone was the best when the author toned down the filler words intended to emphasize the youth of the narrator. Her favorite thing, though, was in Browne's handling of the setting. She said
What a book!!! First, I have to say, I was impressed with the way this story developed. It was a natural progression of discover, unveiling, and growth. The character development transformed in with each passing detail about the world, the struggles, and the mystery of the dust. This dystopian fantasy focuses not only on the coming of age story of Janelle, but an interesting mystery about dust and missing kids.Second- what great storytelling. I was impressed with Michelle Brownes writing style
'The Loved, The Lost, The Dreaming' is a horror anthology containing one novel & eleven short stories. 'The Underlighters' is a dystopian sci-fi horror novel told in diary format by a teenager named Janelle. A few entries in she admits to being jittery and that's very much the tone that's been set from the beginning. There are some creepy moments with freaky creatures, leading up to the big scares later. There are also some seriously sexy bits as there's a very sexually liberal attitude in
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