Red…The colour that surrounds us as we enter the world;
the colour that consumes us when we die.
Red…The colour of life and everything in it.
Red…The colour we produce when we scream…
The Beautiful Red12 extraordinary tales of madness and dysfunction,
inhabiting the red world, where only the sound of our violence can be heard…
A brand-new collection of twelve horror tales from
James Cooper. His second collection comes complete with a foreword from the Award-Winning Master of Urban Horror
Christopher Fowler!
Certain tropes and themes emerge here, repeating and revolving in uncomfortable permutations; human simulacra, corrupted children, acts of creation, the bones beneath the skin, lives warped and poisoned, innocence lost, loneliness and the ever present sensation of impending death. Luckily, James manages to weave these elements into his plots in a way that entertains, otherwise he’d have his readers cutting their throats.
…[
James Cooper] is intent on stepping inside his characters, instead of simply describing them from the outside. He calibrates his effects instead of going for shocks. He’s clearly fascinated by the mournful realities (and dream-states) of life and death. It’s been quite a while since I’ve encountered stories like this, tales that ignore topical tastes in favour of a strange view of humanity that’s timeless, classical, and mysteriously sad.
–Christopher Fowler (from his foreword)
These are at the printers now, and will be on-sale at World HorrorCon in Brighton. Or, head to the “STORE” on the site and pre-purchase using VISA, MC or PAYPAL, and you can ensure a copy is sent to you in Britain as soon as I have a moment during the week after WHC, or if you're in North America: mid-April once I'm home again in Vancouver.
It comes in one ‘Trade’ edition as follows:
- bound in a paperback biding
- $24.99 (CAN/USA) – £14.99 (UK)
- ISBN: 978−0−9811597−0−6
September 10, 2010, 02:28:33 AM
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