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Quintessence of Dust
2012
First Published
4.13
Average Rating
168
Number of Pages

Quintessence of Dust delivers a world where the Minotaur exists in modern society, drinks in bars and is scared of the dark. Where to lose memories and extract all the pain you’ve brought on others is easily achieved by pulling twine from your rectum. It is a world where the Devil is an old man digging a hole to Hell in his garden, and romance is nurtured by spearing an umbrella through the chest of a winged demon. Here, there are talking camels, and should you ever want to crawl back into the womb and begin a fresh, birth can be reversed. Wishes can be granted, ugly can be erased, and those without ardor or enthusiasm can be nymphomaniacs by pinning a photograph upon a wall. In this world the girth of a neck can bring on suicide, sleep can summon death and people can live within the inner ear canal of others. The streets are always crimson. People are broken. Lust is a commodity measured out in chocolate, and love is lost more than it is conquered. In this world, the dust bites and never settles.

Avg Rating
4.13
Number of Ratings
53
5 STARS
53%
4 STARS
23%
3 STARS
13%
2 STARS
8%
1 STARS
4%
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Author

Craig Wallwork
Craig Wallwork
Author · 9 books

Craig Wallwork was born in Manchester, England. He is the three times Pushcart Prize nominated writer of over 40 short stories, and the author of the books The Sound of Loneliness, Bad People, Labyrinth of the Dolls, Heart of Glass, Human Tenderloin, Quintessence of Dust and Gory Hole. He lives in West Yorkshire, England. Find out more about him via his official website: https://craigwallwork.com/ You can also subscribe to his newsletter and get a free book: https://landing-page.craigwallwork.com/

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