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A review by exorcismofemilyreed
Land of Bones by Glenn Rolfe
4.0
"She loved damage. She loved scars. She loved anything beautiful and broken."
Land of Bones is an enjoyable dark fiction / horror book of short stories. This was the first I've read from Glenn Rolfe, and I was pretty happy with the book. This was not a perfect collection for me - I didn't love all of the stories, but I did appreciate the book as a whole.
Two of the stories in the collection have really stuck with me - The Ghost on Spears Corner & Fire. As I said before, I liked multiple stories, but these were the standouts for me. The Ghost on Spears Corner was a creepy coming-of-age story. I enjoyed this one so much that I hope there is a full novel around this story one day. I would be all over it. My other favorite story, Fire, goes down a heavy & painful route, and I was so intrigued by the story. Disaster/survival horror is not usually my favorite, but this story was so well done & I was hooked the entire way through.
The other stories I really liked were The Land of Bones, Simon, Not Kansas Anymore, Welcome to Paradise, and Too Much of a Dead Thing. There's a good variety of different stories in here, and I believe any lover of dark fiction would find something to enjoy.
My big complaint is that I wish there would have been page numbers. I like to be able to flip back to things & write down quotes, and it's difficult to do that without page numbers.
This was a great introduction to Glenn Rolfe's work, and I'm looking forward to reading more!
Land of Bones is an enjoyable dark fiction / horror book of short stories. This was the first I've read from Glenn Rolfe, and I was pretty happy with the book. This was not a perfect collection for me - I didn't love all of the stories, but I did appreciate the book as a whole.
Two of the stories in the collection have really stuck with me - The Ghost on Spears Corner & Fire. As I said before, I liked multiple stories, but these were the standouts for me. The Ghost on Spears Corner was a creepy coming-of-age story. I enjoyed this one so much that I hope there is a full novel around this story one day. I would be all over it. My other favorite story, Fire, goes down a heavy & painful route, and I was so intrigued by the story. Disaster/survival horror is not usually my favorite, but this story was so well done & I was hooked the entire way through.
The other stories I really liked were The Land of Bones, Simon, Not Kansas Anymore, Welcome to Paradise, and Too Much of a Dead Thing. There's a good variety of different stories in here, and I believe any lover of dark fiction would find something to enjoy.
My big complaint is that I wish there would have been page numbers. I like to be able to flip back to things & write down quotes, and it's difficult to do that without page numbers.
This was a great introduction to Glenn Rolfe's work, and I'm looking forward to reading more!