7/4/2023 0 Comments Wounds ballingrud![]() Several of these stories concern surreal metamorphoses, often posited as a righteous event for those who experience them, even as they may be nightmarish for those around them. ![]() We’re not quite in “shared fictional universe” territory here, but neither are these stories walled off from one another, and there are odd moments of delight to be found among the viscera as certain motifs reappear over these disparate stories.īallingrud delights in moments of nightmarish transcendence. ![]() That’s even more impressive when you consider that the six stories within this collection - more precisely classified as four short stories and two novellas - share some connective tissue. Were you to guess that this ventures more overtly in the direction of horror, you’d be right, but even then, Ballingrud’s fiction showcases an impressive tonal range. Collection number two opts for a different approach: this one’s called Wounds: Six Stories From the Border of Hell. ![]() ![]() The stories within spanned a broad stylistic range, establishing just what Ballingrud could do - everything from deadpan surrealism to forays into the horrific. The title of Nathan Ballingrud’s debut collection, North American Lake Monsters, simultaneously conveyed a sense of the pastoral and an abundance of menace. ![]()
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