Gothic, Philip Fracassi
Gothic, Philip Fracassi
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Gothic

Author: Philip Fracassi

Narrator: Eric Fox

Unabridged: 10 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Vibrance Press

Published: 02/03/2023


Synopsis

On his 59th birthday, Tyson Parks—a famous, but struggling, horror writer—receives an ornate antiquarian desk in the hopes it will rekindle his creative juices. Perhaps inspire him to write another best-selling book and prove his best years aren’t behind him…

As Tyson begins to use the new desk, he finds himself writing copy at an unfathomable speed, becomes so focused on writing that he binges on all-night, all-day sessions that take a serious physical and psychological toll.

Soon, Tyson begins acting strange. Violent.

Meanwhile, a mysterious woman, Diana Montresor, is making inquiries with her sources around the globe for the whereabouts of a certain artifact she, and her family, have been hunting for centuries.

As forces converge on Tyson’s world, he faces the hardest choice of his life: Does he let go of his new muse, allow it to be taken back to the void of history where it belongs? Or does he continue to live as the desk’s mouthpiece, not only regaining his glory days as a famous writer, but achieving levels of success he’s only dreamed of?

As the desk—and the force that lives inside it—grows stronger, he must choose.

Before it’s too late.

About Philip Fracassi

PHILIP FRACASSI is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of the story collections Behold the Void and Beneath a Pale Sky. His novels include A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic, and Boys in the Valley. His stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best Horror of the Year, Nightmare Magazine, Southwest Review, Interzone, and Black Static. Philip lives in Los Angeles and is represented by Copps Literary Services.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Osore

[Срж готике (ис)цедио сам овде (види под II). Лакхарст пружа основни течај са прегршт референци за књигољупце и филмофиле, где би сваки стручњак у својој области требало да види нешто с оне стране, тешко доступно лаицима. Нажалост, оно што стално потцртавам, већина (млађих) биолога заправо не зна и......more

Goodreads review by Jed

This copious overview of the Gothic is vastly entertaining and informative. Elegantly structured in four 80 page sections, this eclectic history nevertheless wanders and loops through a range of recurring themes, emphasizing the genre’s ability to shift, mutate and reinvent itself. Citations would h......more

What comes to mind when you think of the term Gothic? For me, it’s literature + a certain fashion, then it’s architecture and art. “Gothic: An Illustrated History” contains over 200 pages packed with 350+ illustrations and thematic chapters that broadened by understanding of what Gothic can encompass......more