Runoff Chapter One

by Tom Manning

"Runoff is the story of a town called Range in the cascade mountains of Washington State. After three bodies are found one night, the residents of Range and the neighboring Snoquomish Indian reservation find themselves mysteriously trapped. But while they can't leave their town, people can keep coming in and get trapped with them. Kind of like an invisible bubble has surrounded this town letting people in, but no one out. And as this tiny town grows and grows over the three chapters, the cast of characters grows and evolves as well. And the situation they are stuck in begins to evolve in ways that get stranger and stranger...one of the bodies the police found wakes up and goes on a murder spree, and the series then takes a major turn into the horror genre in the second chapter. But by the third chapter you are stuck with a town full of ghosts, talking animals, monsters, and cute floating objects, and it basically almost becomes a comedy for a while until, well, the meaning of Runoff is explained."

- Tom Manning

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144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some people say this often... I don't even though I read some weeeeird stuff with regularity.

This is unlike anything you've read.

There is one similarity- "Revival" by Norton and Seeley clearly came DIRECTLY from reading this. I'm on to youse guys.

If you're squeamish avoid this. If you're into characters who go from bland to VERY interesting in short order- this is for you.


Dave Sim's comment on this affirms why I hate that assknuckle.

[Joel Watson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I picked this years ago and then promptly forgot to read. Recently I ran across it again and started thumbing through it and was immediately hooked. Gruesome, funny, mysterious and beautifully drawn. I highly recommend this book.