"Twisted and thorny and beautiful. . . . A small masterpiece."--The
New York Times Book Review "Some of us crave subtler scares, and as
Halloween approaches, [Suicide Woods] reminds us that the genre
thrives on nuance. . . . This intelligent, entertaining book
demonstrates why [Percy has] emerged as one of the more interesting
writers working this territory."--San Francisco Chronicle "Every
story is individual and utterly captivating."--Newsweek
"Mesmerizing. . . . Even in Percy's eeriest tales, compassion and
wry humor infuse the narratives. Suicide Woods is more Stranger
Things than Twilight Zone, closer to King than Kafka, and it's as
entertaining as whatever chilling show you're bingeing on Netflix
right now."--Star Tribune (Minneapolis) "Benjamin Percy's new
collection, Suicide Woods, is a total nightmare -- in the best way
possible. . . . Percy lures readers into a world that is part real,
part surreal. . . . This merging of reality and dream states has a
powerfully unsettling effect . . . but Percy nestles shimmers of
hope in the dark forest . . . . Above all, the language throughout
is remarkable: sharp and stinging, yet replete with desolate,
hypnagogic beauty."--Washington Independent Review of Books
"[Suicide Woods] is a fine reminder of what happens when a writer
taps into their penchant for the outright fantastical, and the
unsettling stories that can arise as a result."--Tor Magazine "An
addictive mix of gritty crime fiction and otherworldly horror. . .
. Percy's prose is exacting, finely tuning the atmospherics that
give the collection such an eerie overall feeling. . . . Suicide
Woods is a testament to Percy's skill as a writer. He takes no
shortcuts in eliciting thrills. The collection is by turns
provocative and terrifying."--Shelf Awareness "The virtue of this
collection lies in its super-refined telling, thanks to Percy's
efforts to break through the barriers between genre fiction and
literature."--BookPage "Like modern Grimm fairy tales, the stories
in this volume are cautionary and haunting."--Kirkus Reviews,
starred review
"Percy's haunting, well-crafted prose frequently elevates the
mundanity and isolation of being human into something otherworldly
in his genre-bending collection [Suicide Woods]. . . . This
gripping, often unnerving collection showcases Percy's talent as a
skilled, versatile storyteller."--Publishers Weekly
"Percy's stories are atmospheric, concise, and at times terrifying,
and he leads readers into unexpected revelations and visceral
violence."--Booklist "Suicide Woods deals in a shivery fear, a
dreamlike unease, a sense of eldritch hallucinations creeping
toward us. I love this book."--Luis Alberto Urrea "Fiction doesn't
get more red in tooth and claw than this. Every page drips, every
story leaves you bleeding."--Stephen Graham Jones
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