Swift to Chase
Swift to Chase by Laird Barron, published by JournalStone in 2016, is a collection of twelve stories that delve into the realms of horror and fiction. This edition, comprising 294 pages, presents narratives set against diverse backdrops, including the Alaskan wilderness and dystopian futures. The stories explore various themes, from a modern-day Jack the Ripper striking during a blizzard to a woman fleeing her past and encountering unexpected challenges.
Readers will find a blend of hardboiled noir, psychological horror, and elements of the occult throughout the collection. The tales feature a range of characters and scenarios, such as a team of man hunters in the Yukon Delta and a cyborg war dog aiding in a rebellion against a dystopian regime. Each story offers a glimpse into unsettling realities that lie just beyond the familiar, showcasing Barron’s continued exploration of the darker aspects of human nature.
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Laird Barron’s fourth collection gathers a dozen stories set against the backdrops of the Alaskan wilderness, far-future dystopias, and giallo-fueled nightmare vistas. All hell breaks loose in a massive apartment complex when a modern day Jack the Ripper strikes under cover of a blizzard; a woman, famous for surviving a massacre, hits the road to flee the limelight and finds her misadventures have only begun; while tracking a missing B-movie actor, a team of man hunters crashes in the Yukon Delta and soon realize the Arctic is another name for hell; an atomic-powered cyborg war dog loyally assists his master in the overthrow of a far-future dystopian empire; following an occult initiation ritual, a man is stalked by a psychopathic sorority girl and her team of horrifically disfigured henchmen; a rich lunatic invites several high school classmates to his mansion for a night of sex, drugs, and CIA-funded black ops experiments; and other glimpses into occulted realities a razor’s slice beyond our own. Combining hardboiled noir, psychological horror, and the occult, Swift to Chase continues three-time Shirley Jackson Award winner Barron’s harrowing inquiry into the darkness of the human heart.
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