7/7/2023 0 Comments Nathan ballingrud wounds![]() ![]() ![]() “The Maw” is an even darker vision of a metropolitan area lost to unnatural denizens. “The Visible Filth,” the basis for the forthcoming film Wounds, is a contemporary tale of a slowly creeping, inevitable surrender to horrors discovered via a forgotten cellphone in a New Orleans bar. “The Diabolist,” a short, sharp, nasty story of metaphysics and monstrous relationships, is a standout. ![]() The title is the name of the ship, and also refers to the sacrifices Dunwood and Gully’s fellow Satanists plan to offer upon arrival-if they can evade supernatural pursuit and survive infighting long enough to reach their destination. In “The Butcher’s Table,” original to this volume, a 19th-century ship bears diabolist Martin Dunwood of the Candlelight Society and his bodyguard, Rufus Gully, on a journey to the borders of hell. Ballingrud ( North American Lake Monsters) offers six skillfully created, deeply disturbing stories in this collection of the uncanny. ![]()
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