The Long Retreating Day Tales Of Twilight And Borderlands First Ed Gaskin by Gaskin, John 9781872621968, 1872621961 instant download after payment.

The Long Retreating Day

by

John Gaskin

 The ten atmospheric tales which make up The Long Retreating Day are the stuff of things flickering at the edge of experience.

 We witness a student quarrel which brings forth
its own bitter harvest; ancient gods that live in human nature are
denied or worshipped at fearful cost; hubris at its darkest in academic
life; malevolence that can linger from the past; and the shadows cast by
future events. Sardonic, dramatic, urbane and sinister, these stories
are grounded in real landscapes and informed by the strengths and
failings of the human spirit.

 Contents: 'Preface', 'Three Songs of Youth', 'The
Conceit of the Dancing Man', 'Tapiola', 'St John's Wood', 'The
High-Stepping Man', 'The Long Retreating Day', 'From Lydia with Love and
Laughter', 'The Bay Platform', 'Rigor Mortis', 'Road Closed', 'Omega',
'Three Songs of Age'.

 Reviews

'Economically written and deeply felt nightmares
of atmospheric subtlety and stark spiritual horror. . . reaffirming the
importance of structure and lyricism in a genre too often represented by
slap-dash sensationalism.' William Simmons, Hellnotes

'...if you like solid, elegant fiction apt to make
the act of reading almost a physical pleasure, then this is a book you
shouldn't miss for any reason. . . . this volume is a literary gem that
everybody should be entitled to enjoy.' Mario Guslandi, Agony Column

'At their best, Gaskin's stories are excellent...' Simon Kurt Unsworth, All Hallows