In A Season Of Dead Weather by Mark Fuller Dillon
In a season of dead weather, the mind clutches at reality; but what does it find instead? Madness, or monsters? Ghosts, or things more terrible than ghosts? Illusions, or invasions? Dreams, or the darkness at the end of all nightmares? One thing is clear: these are tales that echoes tell, in a season of dead weather.
The weird, the uncanny, the strange: these are the local conditions of dead weather.
And these are stories based on dreams and nightmares, on things barely glimpsed in the moonrise, on places perfectly normal by day but haunted by the light of winter stars.
Along with stories that appeared in “All Hallows” (edited by Barbara and Christopher Roden) and in the ROC anthology, “Alone on the Darkside” (edited by John Pelan) are tales that have never seen the light — but now, as daylight fades, the stories can be told.
(May be too intense for younger readers.)
“Mark Fuller Dillon is an original talent, whose precise use of language, obliquely disturbing imagery and meticulous world building single him out as a writer to watch.”
[Peter Tennant, BLACK STATIC #35.]
“There are themes of love and loss, misunderstanding, and a diminishing sense of identity throughout this collection which link the stories strongly. The bleak landscape clearly inspires the author, and his descriptive prose of rural communities in the grip of a Canadian winter will have you shivering; yet despite this there is a warmth of experience here which brings the characters to life, proving the author not only writes beautifully, but also has a lot to say. I was entranced by this book, and I read it in one sitting. These are powerful yet subtle three-dimensional tales from an original mind, and Mark Fuller Dillon deserves a greater readership.”
[Martin Cosby, author of DYING EMBERS]
“I enjoyed this collection, not least because I felt I was sharing the imaginative world of someone who doesn’t seek easy answers or rely on obvious gimmicks.”
[David Longhorn, editor of SUPERNATURAL TALES]
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Author Bio:
Most of my stories are set in the region where I live (Gatineau, Quebec), and are based on some of the stranger moments of my life, or on my nightmares (which have kept my nights lively and loud since I was three years old).
I’ve had work published in Barbara and Christopher Roden’s ALL HALLOWS and in John Pelan’s DARKSIDE; I’ve also had work accepted for anthologies and magazines that faded away before my stories could appear. The best of these are collected in my second ebook, IN A SEASON OF DEAD WEATHER.
ICE AND AUTUMN GLASS, a paperback collection of verses, was published by Leaky Boot Press. My most recent ebook, DOORWAYS UNFORESEEN, collects horror verses and prose accounts of my disturbing nightmares.
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