![]() ![]() And it doesn't really offer resolution.which is a Brian Evenson thing to do, though. The Dust is not the most Evenson'esque piece in A Collapse of Horses, it has a classic, James M. Last Days would also qualify as a murder mystery, I suppose. The Sanza Affair in Altmann's Tongue was another long and intricate one inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's Purloined Letter. Brian Evenson has a thing for writing quirky murder mystery-pieces. A stranded mining colony is struggling to keep up oxygen reserves while an unknown dust is infiltrating the compound and seemingly turning miners against one another. The first one is The Dust, a 50-pages murder mystery featuring space miners. There are two stories from A Collapse of Horses that particularly stuck with me. I would even perhaps call it the gateway drug for those who want to get into his work. A Collapse of Horses is Brian Evenson's latest short story collection and, to my knowledge, his best and most accessible yet. Each story is so demanding and immersive, it's tough to repeatedly start over with the same focus each time. His short stories have always been a tad more challenging for readers because of their original, but fragmented nature. ![]() They know how highly I think of his work, which I can only describe as a minimalist compromise between horror and psychological thrillers. ![]() Brian Evenson doesn't need any introduction to readers of this site. ![]()
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