Overwhelm

Name: Overwhelm
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Simon Shadows
ISBN: 9798987844625

Author: Simon Shadows

Narrator: Matt Haynes, PJ Morgan

Unabridged: 3 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Antientropic Press

Published: 05/10/2023

Categories: Nonfiction, Art

Synopsis

Science. Serial killers. Liberation. Alien planets. Trauma. Zen koans. Amorous vampires. Gay stuff. Tentacle beasts. In these five short stories (with ten full-page illustrations!), you'll find all this and more!Horror is transformational. Overwhelm is the dissolution of the ego within the knowledge that what you are is a fleeting instant in an incomprehensibly vast universe. But will this understanding lead to destruction, or will it grant liberation? Open yourself to strange new worlds, and worlds eerily familiar in this debut anthology from author and illustrator Simon Shadows!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nate on June 11, 2023

The characters that Simon creates exist just far enough from our reality to be captivating, but just close enough to be palpable. They are damaged, clever, fools that would follow the angler's light for beauty's sake or would cut out their own heart to ease the ache. The worlds are varied and alien-......more

Goodreads review by Ben on February 05, 2024

I scanned a QR code at a restaurant in Portland OR which gave me a copy of this book. I read the first 3 pages, then promptly put it down and didn't pick it back up for 6 months. It's a shame, because there are a couple real gems in here, but the opening is just... bad? Of all the stories in this co......more

Goodreads review by Danii on June 23, 2024

A fabulous assortment of short stories, mostly horror. I can’t wait to see more from this author. 💜......more