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The Choir of Beasts
Flesh and pain are partners in the dim-witted dance of existence. To escape, we must stop the music. We must silence the Choir of Beasts.
48 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2013
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About the author
Nicole Cushing
41 books347 followersNicole Cushing is the Bram Stoker Award® winning author of Mr. Suicide and a two-time nominee for the Shirley Jackson Award.
Various reviewers have described her work as “brutal”, “cerebral”, “transgressive”, "wickedly funny", “taboo”, “groundbreaking” and “mind-bending”.
Rue Morgue magazine included Nicole in its list of 13 Wicked Women to Watch, praising her as an “an intense and uncompromising literary voice”. She has also garnered praise from Jack Ketchum, Thomas Ligotti, and Poppy Z. Brite (aka, Billy Martin).
Her second novel, A Sick Gray Laugh (2019) was named to LitReactor’s Best Horror Novels of the Last Decade list and the Locus Recommended Reading List. She has recently completed and polished her third novel.
She lives in Indiana.
Various reviewers have described her work as “brutal”, “cerebral”, “transgressive”, "wickedly funny", “taboo”, “groundbreaking” and “mind-bending”.
Rue Morgue magazine included Nicole in its list of 13 Wicked Women to Watch, praising her as an “an intense and uncompromising literary voice”. She has also garnered praise from Jack Ketchum, Thomas Ligotti, and Poppy Z. Brite (aka, Billy Martin).
Her second novel, A Sick Gray Laugh (2019) was named to LitReactor’s Best Horror Novels of the Last Decade list and the Locus Recommended Reading List. She has recently completed and polished her third novel.
She lives in Indiana.
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August 25, 2013
Nicole Cushing's THE CHOIR OF BEASTS' three interlinked tales are haunting, apocalyptic, and darkly fantastic. These stories are evocative of Thomas Ligotti in both aesthetic and language. Cushing's prose is lush and dense, and some passages may require multiple readings in order to prise mythic meaning from their chitinous shells. There are a handful of rough edges, jarring word choices, and apparent typographical errors that suggest a more vigilant editorial eye could have considerably benefited the book, but as THE CHOIR OF BEASTS is a very handsome limited edition (of 25) from new Weird Fiction imprint Dunhams Manor Press, such foibles can be overlooked. For fans of Ligotti in particular, and Weird Fiction in general, THE CHOIR OF BEASTS is easily recommended.
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