I must admit, Candela has a writing style of his own. As it’s mentioned in the foreword, this collection is not strictly horror, but a combination (a perfect combination, in my opinion) of horror, sci-fi and why not, some bizarro splashes.
When you read the stories, you keep that feeling of “where the heck is he going with this…” but you can’t stop reading and, one way or another, he always surprises you.
It’s the first work I read from this author, and I’m greatly surprised. He is easy to read, although his writing is complex and full of references and winks to classics. And not that classic.
These stories ARE scary. I heard a noise reading the first one and I think my heart stopped for a moment.
His tales are narrated so naturally that you seem to share the psychosis the characters suffer.
I read the reviews before grabbing this book and they all say the same “scary to the core, and the audiobook gets even more disturbing.”
You bet it is.
Candela is so… sensorial when telling his tales. Each story is completely different and his imagination is fantastic.
One thing I enjoyed and I find common in all stories is how he develops and transforms his characters (each one in a different direction and dimension). You can see their mind getting dissociated from reality. One thing I thought to myself in some cases was “is this really happening to the character or they went mad at some point of the story and this is all just their imagination?
I think Candela perfectly knows what he’s doing. That’s why this book is presented as a trip through madness and surreality.
For readers of sci-fi, bizarro, of course, horror and at the end, any kind of macabre, you’re going to enjoy this one!!!
I highly recommend it. You’ll read it in one go. Very enjoyable from many different points of view. I’m so happy this book came to my hands.
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Synopsis
A Seven Percent Grasp of the Infinite. The universe may be limitless but our senses are not.
Just as the human eye sees but a small percentage of the cosmic wave spectrum, so most of us are only able to perceive a similar sliver of what we brazenly term “reality” even with the use of all five of our scientifically acknowledged senses.
Shift that frequency a touch, nudge your perspective just a little off its center and you too may enter the realm of the surreal: a place that in truth may be as near to you at the moment as the blind spot at your back… the shadowy underside of your desk… that strip of woods at the rear of your property that harbors dark terrors after sunset—hideous and unbelievable “figments of your imagination” that watch and giggle as you study them from your backyard with chilling toes while fighting the primal urge to bolt back to the perceived safety of your home.
Inspired by Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Night Gallery, Tales from the Crypt and plain old-fashioned campfire stories, this month-by-month account of people-supernatural relations spans its own sf/fantasy/horror/comedy spectrum, touring the weird side of the cosmos while leaving the passengers comfy and unscathed in their reading or listening chairs.
Or at least that’s what the brochure says. Might want to make sure that chair is sturdy.
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