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Coming Down In Three Part Harmony
Three pieces of unique music-inspired Lovecraftian Weird Fiction by award-winning author Garrett Cook.
Limited to 50 copies.
Limited to 50 copies.
24 pages, Chapbook
First published February 2, 2015
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About the author
Garrett Cook
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Garrett Cook was born in Wenham, Massachusetts July 19th, 1982. There are other details, but they're depressing or banal, with the exception of his haunted birthplace, his struggle with bipolar and a brief, unfortunate cancer scare. Yawn. Garrett Cook's work is far more interesting. He examines crises of faith and conscience through a pulpy,surreal or magorealistic lens to create magical, paranoid worlds that he hopes will entertain, antagonize and endear you. His books Murderland part 1:h8, Murderland 2:Life During Wartime and Archelon Ranch and Jimmy Plush, Teddy Bear Detective are available on Amazon. He is one of the creators and editors of the magazine Imperial Youth Review.
What people are saying about Murderland Part 1: H8
"Perhaps he’s right. Perhaps that meat cleaver is our best hope for salvation. Or maybe he belongs in an asylum. MURDERLAND is a brutally shocking book. Demented. Logical. Disturbing. It can be crudely powerful one moment, tenderly skillful the next, so the reader never knows what’s coming. There’s no way to prepare. No way to protect yourself. Garrett Cook’s work has an edge … and it’s at your throat."-
Robert Dunbar, author of The Shore and Martyrs and Monsters
"The offbeat brilliance of this book will freak your face off-"
Gina Ranalli, author of Mother Puncher, Sky Tongues and House of Fallen Leaves
"I have not read a debut novel this good in a long time (or as far as I could remember)"- Jordan Krall, author of Piecemeal June and Squidpulp Blues
"An intense, satirical and above all entertaining read"- Andersen Prunty, author of Zerostrata and the Overwhelming Urge
"A savage, very original satire that openly mocks the American demigod-like worship of worthless celebrity with a future where despicable murderers become our new focus of adoration. It's as farcical as Swift's "A Modest Proposal," yet no less poignant."-
bravenewworks.com
"Action! Explosions! Hot broads! Garrett Cook is two-fisted Bizarro pulp. I love his stories"-
Jeff Burk, author of SHATNERQUAKE
Garrett Cook was born in Wenham, Massachusetts July 19th, 1982. There are other details, but they're depressing or banal, with the exception of his haunted birthplace, his struggle with bipolar and a brief, unfortunate cancer scare. Yawn. Garrett Cook's work is far more interesting. He examines crises of faith and conscience through a pulpy,surreal or magorealistic lens to create magical, paranoid worlds that he hopes will entertain, antagonize and endear you. His books Murderland part 1:h8, Murderland 2:Life During Wartime and Archelon Ranch and Jimmy Plush, Teddy Bear Detective are available on Amazon. He is one of the creators and editors of the magazine Imperial Youth Review.
What people are saying about Murderland Part 1: H8
"Perhaps he’s right. Perhaps that meat cleaver is our best hope for salvation. Or maybe he belongs in an asylum. MURDERLAND is a brutally shocking book. Demented. Logical. Disturbing. It can be crudely powerful one moment, tenderly skillful the next, so the reader never knows what’s coming. There’s no way to prepare. No way to protect yourself. Garrett Cook’s work has an edge … and it’s at your throat."-
Robert Dunbar, author of The Shore and Martyrs and Monsters
"The offbeat brilliance of this book will freak your face off-"
Gina Ranalli, author of Mother Puncher, Sky Tongues and House of Fallen Leaves
"I have not read a debut novel this good in a long time (or as far as I could remember)"- Jordan Krall, author of Piecemeal June and Squidpulp Blues
"An intense, satirical and above all entertaining read"- Andersen Prunty, author of Zerostrata and the Overwhelming Urge
"A savage, very original satire that openly mocks the American demigod-like worship of worthless celebrity with a future where despicable murderers become our new focus of adoration. It's as farcical as Swift's "A Modest Proposal," yet no less poignant."-
bravenewworks.com
"Action! Explosions! Hot broads! Garrett Cook is two-fisted Bizarro pulp. I love his stories"-
Jeff Burk, author of SHATNERQUAKE
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Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
April 11, 2025
The chapbook “Coming Down in Three Part Harmony” contains three musically-tinged pieces of weird fiction. They are:
-Exterminate Whatever Stands Left
-Coming Down In Three Part Harmony
-The Man Who Knows Just What Is Coming Down
The first two are short tales, both like whirlwinds of near sensory overload and emotion. At the close of each, I had the awestruck feeling that only comes at the close of the best reads. The last is a poem told in six parts. Again, that feeling. I could say more about the way each was structured, the characters etc. but what ultimately did it for me was the prose. It is simply stunning. I have nothing else to add. If you can get a hold of this one, do it.
-Exterminate Whatever Stands Left
-Coming Down In Three Part Harmony
-The Man Who Knows Just What Is Coming Down
The first two are short tales, both like whirlwinds of near sensory overload and emotion. At the close of each, I had the awestruck feeling that only comes at the close of the best reads. The last is a poem told in six parts. Again, that feeling. I could say more about the way each was structured, the characters etc. but what ultimately did it for me was the prose. It is simply stunning. I have nothing else to add. If you can get a hold of this one, do it.
April 18, 2015
Contents:
5 - Exterminate Whatever Stands Left
13 - Coming Down In Three Part Harmony
20 - The Man Who Knows Just What Is Coming Down
A Dunhams Manor Press Chapbook printed in an edition of 50 copies in 2014.
An interesting set of stories (2) written in the first person. I'm not entirely sure I like stories written in the first person. These stories are weird and strange. The third item is a poem. I think I am beginning to like poetry.
Garrett Cook is an author of Horror, Bizarro and Neopulp fiction currently residing in Boston.
5 - Exterminate Whatever Stands Left
13 - Coming Down In Three Part Harmony
20 - The Man Who Knows Just What Is Coming Down
A Dunhams Manor Press Chapbook printed in an edition of 50 copies in 2014.
An interesting set of stories (2) written in the first person. I'm not entirely sure I like stories written in the first person. These stories are weird and strange. The third item is a poem. I think I am beginning to like poetry.
Garrett Cook is an author of Horror, Bizarro and Neopulp fiction currently residing in Boston.
March 1, 2015
A deathly tune to be heard. (or read)
Two tales and a poem. Music from the dead. Plays once again from the mind of the man who brought us "Time Pimp"
Jim Morrison makes a cameo and sings a tune you won't want to miss. Get yours.
Two tales and a poem. Music from the dead. Plays once again from the mind of the man who brought us "Time Pimp"
Jim Morrison makes a cameo and sings a tune you won't want to miss. Get yours.
December 16, 2015
Two stories and a poem by the great Garrett Cook. His prose is dope, the words flow through your eyes, into your brain, that process it as a song and sends it down your spine. You feel everything shaking and moving.
This is a book of movements.
This is a book of movements.
February 23, 2017
Interesting pair of stories with some Lovecraftian elements paired with a unique, almost stream-of-consciousness style prose. A distinctly conversational story-telling voice. Strong emotional elements elevate both stories above the ordinary. Very enjoyable.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews