Dog Boy and Other Harrowing Tales

Haunting Varied And Superbly Written Dog Boy And Other Harrowing Tales Is A Collection Of Stories That Are Immersed In The Gothic Tradition While Told In A Modern And Inventive Way. Knitting Together The Ordinary The Extraordinary And The Supernatural Dog Boy Is A Boldly Imagined Literary Work By A Masterful Storyteller.. \Six Chilling Stories That Bring The Gothic Style Of Writing Popularized In The 18Th And 19Th Centuries Into The 20Th And 21St.The Bulk Of HubertyS Collection Takes Its Cues From Gothic Writers Such As Edgar Allan Poe And The Innovator Of The Genre Horace Walpole And These Works Show A Deep Understanding Of The GenreS Disturbing Charms—Consistently Hovering Between The Mundane And The Extraordinary Constantly Calling Into Question What Is Real And What Is Perception. \In Blackbrooke Hall\ Details Four College Students On Holiday And The Horrific Discovery They Make At Their Lodgings \Forever Jim\ Follows A Homeless Woman In Paris Drifting Between The Stark Realities Of Her Life And The Presence Of The Dead Poets In Their Graves Around Her And The Titular Story Of The Collection \Dog Boy\ Is Based On The True Account Of A Prison-Based Dog-Training Program That Ends In An InmateS Death. This Collection Takes The Literary Thriller Back To Basics And Eliminates Many Of The Modern Flourishes Mostly For The Better. The Collection Also Contains \The Dream\ An Excerpt From HubertyS Upcoming Novel The Crewel Wing And It Fits Seamlessly In The Collection And Works Well As A Stand-Alone Entry. [Dog Boy] Is A Charming And Haunting Read.\-Kirkus