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Feed The Enemy
Attempting to flee the capital on a day dominated by the threat of terrorism, one woman discovers that the real source of her fears might be closer to home.
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First published November 8, 2010
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James Everington
63 books85 followersI'm a writer from Nottingham, England- most of what I write is dark, supernatural fiction, although not necessarily 'horror' in the blood and guts sense. My main influences are writers like Ramsey Campbell, Shirley Jackson, and Robert Aickman. I enjoy the unexplained, the psychological, and the ambiguous in my fiction.
I drink Guinness, if anyone's offering.
Infinity Plus published my second collection of short stories, Falling Over (2013) and the novel The Quarantined City in (2016).
This year also saw the release of the limited edition novella Trying To Be So Quiet from Boo Books, and my first book as editor, The Hyde Hotel.
I drink Guinness, if anyone's offering.
Infinity Plus published my second collection of short stories, Falling Over (2013) and the novel The Quarantined City in (2016).
This year also saw the release of the limited edition novella Trying To Be So Quiet from Boo Books, and my first book as editor, The Hyde Hotel.
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January 19, 2011
I have to be honest and say this book isn't really what I was expecting. But actually, in some ways, it was better than I was expecting. It's fair to say it's a short work, shorter than a novella, but it's written in an intense manner which works really well.
The terrorist attack aspect of it is really more of a scenario than a plotline. What the story actually seems to be about (to me anyway) is the mental state of the protagonist, a woman married to a prominent civil servant who suffers from hyper tension and starts to struggle against the control her husband has over her. The real strength of it is in the way that this character's anxiety comes across in the structure of the story. The text is a bit choppy, deliberately so, with what are acknowledged as disembodied thoughts resulting from the stress and the medication of the 'narrator'. It's infectious - you feel the same anxiety building as you read it, and that I found really interesting.
I'll definitely be looking out for more work from James Everington in the future.
The terrorist attack aspect of it is really more of a scenario than a plotline. What the story actually seems to be about (to me anyway) is the mental state of the protagonist, a woman married to a prominent civil servant who suffers from hyper tension and starts to struggle against the control her husband has over her. The real strength of it is in the way that this character's anxiety comes across in the structure of the story. The text is a bit choppy, deliberately so, with what are acknowledged as disembodied thoughts resulting from the stress and the medication of the 'narrator'. It's infectious - you feel the same anxiety building as you read it, and that I found really interesting.
I'll definitely be looking out for more work from James Everington in the future.
June 12, 2011
A very interesting terrorist thriller type short story. I thought the idea to have it from the point of view of a politician's wife a clever touch. She knows that something is about to happen but is left in the dark like the rest of the populace (aka the reader). The fact that she's constantly popping pills adds to the general feeling of unease. Is there really a threat? Or is she just hallucinating from drug use?
Definitely worth a read.
Definitely worth a read.
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