Eye

by David J. Schow

Book by Schow, David J.

Genres: Horror

244 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

David J. Schow is an American author of horror novels, short stories, and screenplays, associated with the "splatterpunk" movement of the late '80s and early '90s. Most recently he has moved into the crime genre.

Reviews

[Bandit · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read two other short story collections by Schow before, but it was so long ago that I can only really remember that I liked them. This one didn't disappoint either. Strong, strange, violent, sexy, dangerous, scary, graphic and thought provoking...Schow really has a way with words and a real knack for short fiction. Recommended.

[Karl]

This is the signed, lettered, slipcased edition of "Eye" and is copy "R" of of the 26 lettered editions signed and lettered by David J. Schow.

[Vultural · Rating 4 out of 5]

Schow, David - Eye

Caustic assortment of venomous bonbons from the reliably ill-tempered Schow.

Ethan pores through a box of memories in “Unhasped.” Memories of ex-girlfriends. Good – bad, here and in the hereafter.

“Quebradora” will be familiar territory for fans of Schow’s later novel, Gun Work (2011). An inside look at the secretive world of lucha libre.

Paul wakes in the middle of the night, and listens to his wife, examines his wife. It doesn’t sound like her, smell like her, look like her. “Entr’acte” reminds readers, no matter how much we know someone, we really don’t know much about them.

“Calendar Girl” is a dark love paean for anyone whose youthful “admiration” for a particular pinup endured well into adulthood. Be it Marilyn, Bettie, Anna Nicole, Donna Michelle …

The collection also provides an afterword. Insights, story roots, obstacles, details that may offer aspiring writers sympathetic encouragement. Especially since Comp 101 and those pricey boot camps make the path from keyboard to Stephen King fame sound oh so easy.