A Passage in Black: & Other Stories

by Cullen Bunn

With 27 stories, Cullen Bunn's A Passage in Black takes readers through haunted towns, across enchanted beaches, and over a world of monsters. Bunn's stories can be heartbreaking and profound. They can be terrifying and mysterious. With magical mermaids, horrific holidays, and everything in between, A Passage in Black is Bunn at his finest. His work in unhindered by editorial restraints and maybe a little unhinged. Tim Mayer's strong, angular art ads fierce and profound imagery to the tales. This serves to increase your fear while venturing forth into Bunn's collection. Reading this book alone in a creaking house on a stormy night may cause nightmares, then again, reading it in a crowded room in the middle of a sunny afternoon may cause nightmares as well. Read at your own risk.

Genres: Horror

402 pages, Paperback

Published September 28, 2017

About the author

Cullen grew up in rural North Carolina, but now lives in the St. Louis area with his wife Cindy and his son Jackson. His noir/horror comic (and first collaboration with Brian Hurtt), The Damned, was published in 2007 by Oni Press. The follow-up, The Damned: Prodigal Sons, was released in 2008. In addition to The Sixth Gun, his current projects include Crooked Hills, a middle reader horror prose series from Evileye Books; The Tooth, an original graphic novel from Oni Press; and various work for Marvel and DC. Somewhere along the way, Cullen founded Undaunted Press and edited the critically acclaimed small press horror magazine, Whispers from the Shattered Forum.

All writers must pay their dues, and Cullen has worked various odd jobs, including Alien Autopsy Specialist, Rodeo Clown, Professional Wrestler Manager, and Sasquatch Wrangler.

And, yes, he has fought for his life against mountain lions and he did perform on stage as the World's Youngest Hypnotist. Buy him a drink sometime, and he'll tell you all about it.

Visit his website at www.cullenbunn.com.

Reviews

[Marcus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great collection of short horror fiction by Bunn who has quickly become one of my favorite horror authors mainly in comics.

[Brian Callahan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have always like Cullen's work in comics so I am not surprised that I enjoyed this book. Here you get the chance to more fully see his ability to evoke vivid mental imagery with his words while increasing your heart rate a bit. Just as he describes the book, it has stories that are twisted, dark, scary with even a bit of humor thrown in. The themes of storms and children really resonated with me. Although I did not fully connect with a couple of the stories (a little too twisted for my comfort but worth reading), I highly recommend this book as it is filled with many engaging stories. Mr. Bunn is a master of his craft.