Bone Marrow Stew: Collected Works Volume One

by Tim Curran, Simon Clark (Introduction), Keith Minnion (Illustrator)

A delicious 460+ page release spanning Tim’s career from his very first professional sale, Reign of the Eater, to exclusive never before released stories, plus a full bowl of juicy tales in between.

Full wraparound artwork and extensive internal illustrations from Keith Minnion and introduced by Simon Clark, this collection is signed by all three contributors.

First publication of the 'Asylum Projects" line.

Genres: Horror, Short Stories, Science Fiction, Coming Of Age, Fiction

455 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Tim Curran lives in Michigan and is the author of the novels Skin Medicine, Hive, Dead Sea, Resurrection, The Devil Next Door, and Biohazard, as well as the novella The Corpse King. His short stories have appeared in such magazines as City Slab, Flesh&Blood, Book of Dark Wisdom, and Inhuman, and anthologies such as Shivers IV, High Seas Cthulhu, and Vile Things.

For DarkFuse and its imprints, he has written the bestselling The Underdwelling, the Readers Choice-Nominated novella Fear Me, Puppet Graveyard as well as Long Black Coffin.

Find him on the web at: www.corpseking.com.

Reviews

[Karl]

This hardcover book is number 42 of 250 copies printed and is signed by

Tim Curran
Simon Clark - introduction
Keith Minnion - art

[Chris Berko · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have but one item on my bucket list and that is to read every word of fiction Tim Curran has released. So you can imagine my excitement when this was finally released on Kindle and I got to experience the incredibleness within. This is a long collection. There were a few stories of only a couple to ten pages but the majority of them were short stories of the longer variety. And I ain't complaining. He does creepy, he does cool. He does gore, he does chills. There are some science fiction pieces, there are some coming of age pieces, there is some western type shit, and some stuff to make your stomach come on up and every one is killer Tim Curran. And as an added bonus there is an afterword where he explains where the stories came from as well as some other insights into who he is as a person, which the geeked-out fanboy in me LOVED! If you've read Curran before these stories will make you feel like you're back home. If you haven't read anything by him yet this is a good place to start from an author you can count on to deliver three to four quality reads a year and who won't make you regret you spent the money.

[Monster]

Bone Marrow Stew is a fantastic short story collection from Tim Curran. With stories ranging from a man who can resurrect the dead in Paris, a theoretical physicist who sees into another dimension, to the people caught in the middle of a migration of epic proportions on a mining colony and the things the men on a prison road crew actually do, there is something here for everyone.
My favorite story in the collection (although it’s hard to choose), is “The Chattering of Tiny Teeth”, about the things seen on a muddy, trench-filled battlefield in Flanders during World War I: it’s so much worse than the dead, dying and usual horrors of war. Another favorite of mine is “Queen of Spades”, about a group of children trying to scrape out an existence in a bombed out city during World War II: what’s come looking for these children may be worse than the Nazi soldiers they were able to hide from. And how could I possibly leave out “The Legend of Black Betty”, a tale about zombies and voodoo in the Old West?
Other great stories include “The Puppeteer”, about the things that puppets may be able to do when no one is looking; “One Dark September Night…”, about the scars one man has carried from a night with his friends; “The Architecture of Pestilence”, about a snake-oil salesman and the consequences of his actions; and “Reign of the Eater”, about the bringer of death….this one reads like dark poetry.
Bone Marrow Stew is an amazing collection. Tim Curran has a way of writing that draws you into the story: it’s as if you’re really there. You can almost hear the sounds and smell the smells. His prose is descriptive, dark and visceral. The introduction by Simon Clark and artwork by Keith Minnion (the cover was designed by Deena Warner) just add to the collection. If you’ve never read anything by Tim Curran this is a good place to start. Highly recommended.
Contains: blood, gore, violence and adult language
Reviewed by: Colleen Wanglund

[Gregg Kopsa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great short story horror collection of Tim's work. This collects many of his early works that are impossible to find due to there appearance in some obscure publications that are buried in horror readers collections and some that only appeared in internet publications that have since disappeared. They run the gamut of Lovecraftian to Science Fiction. The Chattering of Tiny Teeth set in the trenches of WWI is great. There is something about Tim's work the resonates with me. Nicely illustrated by Keith Minnion.

[Lee Thompson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great imagination and some damn gripping stories. Curran has fantastic style. Definitely earned a new fan.

[Phillip Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 for some enjoyable thrill rides.

[Geoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really enjoyed this one. Tasmaniac Publications are onto a winner with Curran. Brilliant writing.

[Thomas Hobbs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Collection of short stories over the span of Tim Curran life. There were several stories i liked and a few I didn't.