Quicksand House
Quicksand House by Carlton Mellick III, published by Eraserhead Press in June 2013, is an illustrated work that delves into a dystopian nightmare. The narrative follows siblings Tick and Polly, who have never met their parents despite living in the same house. As they dream of being held by their mother, the children face a dire situation when the machines providing their food and water cease to function, compelling them to leave the safety of their nursery in search of their elusive parents.
In their quest, Tick and Polly navigate a vast, eerie mansion filled with dark hallways and unsettling creatures. The journey becomes a struggle for survival as they confront the mysteries of their past and the strange world around them. This edition of Quicksand House, spanning 240 pages, presents a unique blend of horror, science fiction, and satire, inviting readers to explore themes of isolation and the search for familial connection within a hauntingly bizarre setting.
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From master of bizarro fiction Carlton Mellick III, author of the international cult hits Satan Burger and Adolf in Wonderland, comes a dystopian nightmare of epic proportions.
“You must never leave the nursery. If you leave, you will certainly die.”
Tick and Polly have never met their parents before. They live in the same house with them, they dream about them every night, they share the same flesh and blood, yet for some reason their parents have never found the time to visit them even once since they were born. Living in a dark corner of their parents’ vast crumbling mansion, the children long for the day when they will finally be held in their mother’s loving arms for the first time… But that day seems to never come. They worry their parents have long since forgotten about them.
When the machines that provide them with food and water stop functioning, the children are forced to venture out of the nursery to find their parents on their own. But the rest of the house is much larger and stranger than they ever could have imagined. The maze-like hallways are dark and seem to go on forever, deranged creatures lurk in every shadow, and the bodies of long-dead children litter the abandoned storerooms. Every minute out of the nursery is a constant battle for survival. And the deeper into the house they go, the more they must unravel the mysteries surrounding their past and the world they’ve grown up in, if they ever hope to meet the parents they’ve always longed to see.
Like a survival horror rendition of Flowers in the Attic, Carlton Mellick III’s Quicksand House is his most gripping and sincere work to date.
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