Seven Exhumations
2020
First Published
4.55
Average Rating
179
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Seven Exhumations by James G. Carlson reminds its readers not to get too comfortable in the reality generally accepted by humanity, because at any time it can reveal that there is far more to it than we thought. There are dark, dilapidated houses in the woods waiting for unsuspecting visitors to happen upon them and venture inside. There are infernal beings masquerading as human; and the impact they have on those they encounter is often too terrible to be believed. There are the agents of nature, who in various ways do the bidding of the universe, sometimes at the unfortunate expense of certain individuals. There is a cave in the woods, in whose natural spring three teenage friends decide to take a swim, but whose dark depths hold a ghastly, dangerous secret with sharp claws and even sharper teeth. There are those poor souls so psychologically damaged and afflicted that they are unable to see that things can get worse, much worse, until it is far too late. And there is a dying world full of magic and fire, where one woman desperately flees the city to save a loved one, ensuring that there will be some sort of future for them. The tales in Seven Exhumations follow everyday people whose lives meet the extraordinary and otherworldly, and thereby introduce them to seemingly impossible horrors. Follow along and learn their stories, if you are so inclined. “James G. Carlson is a writer of sinister elegance; he approaches you like a gentleman, embraces you like a nobleman, and then slays you like an alleyway stranger.”- Eric Shapiro, author of IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY and RED DENNIS“James G. Carlson's lyrical dark tales steadily unfurl before the reader with the pace of a master. He shows us worlds that exist beyond our own, meeting new people and places that feel terrifyingly familiar, and yet, terrifyingly real. These horror stories now live in my bones.”- Danger Slater, author of I WILL ROT WITHOUT YOU and IMPOSSIBLE JAMES
Avg Rating
4.55
Number of Ratings
22
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Author
James Carlson
Author · 4 books
James G. Carlson is an award-winning author of horror, science fiction, and dark fantasy. His short stories have appeared in various anthologies. He has released two collections of dark fiction, Seven Exhumations and The Ever-Descending Staircase, as well as three novellas, The Legion Machine, Midnight in the City of the Carrion Kid, and Red Falls (in the book Hacked in Two, with Daemon Manx). Most recently, Carlson has teamed up with fellow author Michael R. Collins for Miracles for Masochists, a collection featuring one collaborative tale and three shorts by each author. From the weird state of Pennsylvania, James drinks too much coffee and writes at a desk surrounded by animals and family in the mad zoo he calls home.
