By Steve Rasnic Tem
ISBN-10: 1907992839
ISBN-13: 9781907992834
The Deadfall lodge is the place our nightmares cross, it’s the place the useless pause to leisure among worlds, and it’s the place Richard Carter and his daughter Serena visit rediscover lifestyles — if the issues on the lodge don’t kill them first.
Think of it because the holiday inn of the collective subconscious.
With the strong prose that has earned him awards and accolades, Steve Rasnic Tem explores the roots of worry and society’s fascination with issues terrible, utilizing the many-layered metaphor of the Deadfall lodge. Drawing idea from literary touchstones John Gardner and Peter Straub, Tem elegantly delves into the darkish corners of the human spirit. There he unearths not just our fears, yet finally our hopes.
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She could talk to her friends. But the words hot flash hit his ears and bounced right off. She imagined how maddening it would be for a doctor to insist that her discomfort was “all in her head,” or the burden of explaining symptoms no one had ever heard of. Thankfully she didn’t need to. Her problems were widely shared. Pharmaceutical companies spent millions developing medicines to ease her suffering. She was alone with specific hot flashes, but she was not alone in the world with them. After menopause set in she stopped speculating that he might be crazy.
Yet what could she have done but let him go? She dressed quickly and left the house, walked down the long drive to the gate, and stood at the entrance looking in both directions. Their neighborhood had been developed to preserve the natural landscape, so that certain houses were set back on hills, some had small ponds out front, and all were safely buffered by trees. Late at night within the limited view of the headlights you could almost believe you were in the country. At the crack of dawn, with everything caught in the interminable cold snap, she found the street empty and quiet.
She brushed his backside of ice and crumbled leaves. He looked down the road. “Here comes Barb Miller,” he said. The car was angled into the street on the wrong side of the road, as if it had swerved to avoid an accident. They stood still as deer and watched their neighbor approach. Barb slowed the SUV and powered down the window. ” she asked. Her words formed white plumes of smoke in the cold air. Butch Miller sat beside her. “Oh, everything’s fine,” said Jane. “Everything’s fine. ” Butch leaned over and waved.
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