![]() In "Leaking Out," a creature that shouldn't be absorbs a man. In "Born Stillborn," a man deals with two therapists who may or may not be brothers - and may or may not be real. Nothing is what it seems, and there's always either something missing that should be there, or something where there should be nothing. Every narrative manages to disturb the reader, to instill a sense of danger, a permeating feeling of confused anxiety. ![]() This book could have been called Collected Paranoias. And while the collection has a surprising sense of cohesion, the variety of genres, topics, and styles prove that Evenson is one of our best living writers - regardless of genre. Song contains 22 stories culled from a wide array of literary fiction and horror publications as well as speculative fiction anthologies. The opening line of "No Matter Which Way We Turned," the first story in Brian Evenson's newest collection, Song for the Unraveling of the World, is a celebration of weirdness that sets the tone for the rest of book. "No matter which way we turned the girl, she didn't have a face." Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Song for the Unraveling of the World Subtitle Stories Author Brian Evenson
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