David Peak
Autore di The Spectacle of the Void
Opere di David Peak
Eyes in the Dust 3 copie
The Destruction Loops 3 copie
Nox Pareidolia 2 copie
Dreams from the Darklands 1 copia
Chaos under control 1 copia
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Horror, then, is the permission to speculate beyond our own limitations as a species, including the inherent failure of communication, and to truly understand the concept of being without thought.
This slim volume is a speculative realist take on the abject and what is described as a horror reality. Peak asserts that humans are cursed with faulty communication and yet possess the ability to imagine a reality beyond the present, including what is described as a world-without-is. This pondering of limitations, unfriendly infinity and an erosion of sense-making is a fertile ground for the horror genre. A shorthand would reveal a twinning of Heidegger and Lovecraft.
Peak cites dozens of literary and cinematic examples to further this point. He does appear somewhat reluctant on theoretical matters, sticking to Nietzsche and Schopenhauer with contemporary points made by Kristeva, Graham Harman and Quentin Meillassoux.
This is an intriguing premise, one which I look forward to exploring.… (altro)
This slim volume is a speculative realist take on the abject and what is described as a horror reality. Peak asserts that humans are cursed with faulty communication and yet possess the ability to imagine a reality beyond the present, including what is described as a world-without-is. This pondering of limitations, unfriendly infinity and an erosion of sense-making is a fertile ground for the horror genre. A shorthand would reveal a twinning of Heidegger and Lovecraft.
Peak cites dozens of literary and cinematic examples to further this point. He does appear somewhat reluctant on theoretical matters, sticking to Nietzsche and Schopenhauer with contemporary points made by Kristeva, Graham Harman and Quentin Meillassoux.
This is an intriguing premise, one which I look forward to exploring.… (altro)
Excellent story about a man haunted by a mistake from his past and drawn to the very edge of an unknowable and limitless abyss. The emotions of fear and wonder commingle beautifully through to the rapturous climax. A standout Dunham's Manor Release.
Excellent novella-length story. The tension here just grabs you from the first pages and then slowly ratchets up from there. The winter-in-a-small-town with secrets-to-keep setting works very effectively in a story that operates on two layers; that of a police-procedural / crime-drama surrounding a family-in-crisis and that of a supernatural horror thriller featuring both chthonic and cosmic elements. Powerful dread and quality storytelling skills on display here from David Peak
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"The Thornapple's winding body and its non-navigable waters, bringing nothing to nobody. A steady stream of pointlessness. A withered worm in a rotten apple. A river surrounded by a stillness, whose muddy banks go untrodden, whose tireless, repressed rage goes unheard, out of earshot, trembling with inarticulate anger."
The Thornapple runs through Ardor, Michigan, during the winter in which this story is set. I could feel the cold in my bones. It may well be that the the season is a symbol, of what's become of this town. The dead-ness of it. The grittiness of it. The wasted remains of its inhabitants.
It's not just the meth-amphetamine that's a problem here, but that's definitely part of it. It's dying dreams, it's cult worship, it's Bicycle Bob. Who is Bicycle Bob? Is he real, or is he the product of sick imaginations? I think he's real. He's ruined too many lives not to be. And I haven't even mentioned the worm yet.
This book begins with a quote from Edgar Allan Poe. I've included the last two lines here:
"...That play is the tragedy of "Man", and its hero is the Conqueror Worm."
I was super impressed with this novella. It's dark, it's gritty and it's creepy as all hell. It puts me in mind of authors like Kealan Patrick Burke, and Lovecraft. This horror is quiet, it's gritty, it's not super gory, it's not in-your-face bloody. What it IS is scarier than that-bigger than that. I'm excited to have found a new author capable of writing something this good.
I highly recommend this tale to fans of gritty, quiet horror! If you do read it, look me up because I would love to discuss Bicycle Bob.
… (altro)