At Home in the Dark
At Home in the Dark by Lawrence Block, published by Telemachus Press in February 2019, is a collection of crime fiction stories that showcases a diverse range of narratives. This edition, comprising 326 pages, features contributions from various authors, each bringing their unique style to the anthology. The stories explore themes within the mystery and detective genres, presenting a blend of hard-boiled crime tales and narratives that venture into other genres, including western and dystopian fiction.
Readers will find a selection of dark stories that eschew cozy comforts, instead delivering impactful narratives that resonate with the complexities of crime. The anthology includes works from notable authors such as Joyce Carol Oates and Joe Lansdale, among others, each story designed to engage and provoke thought. At Home in the Dark invites readers to delve into a world where the unexpected is the norm, reflecting the anthology’s title and the overarching theme of navigating through darker elements of storytelling.
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The crime fiction canopy’s a broad one, with room to give shelter to writing of all sorts, as editor Lawrence Block shows with At Home in the Dark:
“Some of these stories have one or both feet planted in another genre. James Reasoner’s story is a period western, Joe Lansdale’s is bleakly dystopian, and Joe Hill’s novelette slithers through a little doorway into another world. “And now that I’ve singled out those three, I suppose I should go ahead and list the rest of the gang: N. J. Ayres, Laura Benedict, Jill D. Block, Richard Chizmar, Hilary Davidson, Jim Fusilli, Elaine Kagan, Warren Moore, Joyce Carol Oates, Ed Park, Nancy Pickard, Thomas Pluck, Wallace Stroby, and Duane Swierczynski. “If you’re looking for a common denominator, two come to mind. They’re all dark stories, with nothing cozy or comforting about them. And every last one of them packs a punch.
Which is to say that they’re all very much At Home in the Dark–and we can thank O. Henry, master of the surprise ending, for our title. ‘Turn up the lights, ‘ he said on his deathbed. ‘I don’t want to go home in the dark.’”
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