Rapid Transit: Volume 1

by Wayne Allen Sallee

Wayne Allen Sallee has been writing the pain, and writing through the pain for decades. His work has found its way onto the pages of hundreds of magazines, multiple volumes of "The Year's Best Horror," onto award ballots and into the dark recesses of readers minds. His work is raw. His stories draw vivid, stark images and even darker pieces from the back doors of the imagination. This is volume I of his complete works. Volumes II and III are in production. The stories in this volume The Dennis Cassidy Trilogy I Am The American Dream The Touch Rail Rider Bullets Can’t Stop It The Scarlet Sponge Send in the Clown Wayne’s World Roustabout Fiends by Torchlight Mitch From Hunger I Cannot Protect Her Ever Again Midnight Mists Off Bubbly Creek Days of Fiction Past Joy Motel Chicago Claire de lune Lover Doll Faded Dreams of Division Street My Own Personal Jesus

Genres: Horror

430 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 28, 2017

Reviews

[Waffles · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a solid collection by one of my favorite contemporary horror writers. I started reading Wayne Allen Sallee back in the 90s in Grue magazine. This was the same magazine that got me hooked on Thomas Ligotti. I've lived in Chicago for 20 years now and these stories give me a sense of what Chicago was like before I settled down here. These stories make me want to read Nelson Algren.

I think Wayne Allen Sallee deserves more recognition as a contemporary horror writer. This collection is volume 1. I hope that volume 2 is soon forthcoming.