Putting the Pieces in Place and Literary Remains

by R.B. Russell

The five stories that made up R.B. Russell

Genres: Short Stories, Horror, 21st Century, British Literature

292 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

R.B.RUSSELL has only recently started writing fiction seriously, having previously written lyrics, composed music, and drawn in pen and ink for his own amusement. He runs Tartarus Press with Rosalie Parker from their home in the Yorkshire Dales.

Reviews

[Canavan · Rating 4 out of 5]

✭✭✭½

“Putting the Pieces in Place” ✭✭✭½
“There's Nothing I Wouldn't Do” ✭✭✭✭
“In Hiding” ✭✭✭½
“Eleanor” ✭✭✭½
“Dispossessed” ✭✭✭✭

All stories published 2009.

[Paul Barnes · Rating 5 out of 5]

[Ex Occidente Press] (January 2009). HB. 128 Pages.

Ray Russell’s debut collection, comprised of five short stories.

Brooding, atmospheric tales.

Lingering ambiguities cloud the lines between human dysfunction and supernatural experience.

The titular piece stands out; subtly intriguing.

[Des Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely story that features many of my passions – classical music, Venice, coincidences (jncluding the strongest possible coincidence that can create a rare unlikely situation of there being no coincidences at all!), a reel to reel tape-recorder, a ghost and its frisson, a mention of Proust…

The detailed review of this book posted elsewhere under my name is too long or impractical to post here.
Above is one of its observations at the time of the review.

[Paul Ataua · Rating 4 out of 5]

The five short stories in this R B Russell’s debut collection really took me by surprise. They all seem quite simple stories such as a girl going to university in another country and meeting a boy, or a politician traveling to a Greek island to escape a scandal , and yet, they all have something uncanny that unsettles the reader. It’s good to find stories that achieve that unsettling without the need for needing shocks or excessive gore. Worth a read!

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

‘But we all live inside our own heads. We’re all prisoners of our own minds. We all see the world differently, individually. What you see here, right now, is not necessarily what I see.’

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