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Wait for the Thunder: Stories for a Stormy Night
What was it about those tumbleweeds that didn't seem quite normal? How could something be walking around the walls in the next motel room, especially with that many feet? What could be sinister about a child's game of hopscotch? What did those old town legends mean, about what might have been buried in a certain cellar? That face in the window had always been far, far too large, and could it still be there after all these years? When had it really started, the folktale about the turtle and the thunder? What is it like to wake up in one's coffin, after putrefaction has set in? Can a windmill really be haunted, and can it rip itself up from its moorings and stalk abroad at night? These and many other matters await the reader of this extraordinary collection, matters dark and beckoning, matters writhing alive with horrors that will disturb your sleep for a long time to come. Donald R. Burleson's horror stories have appeared in Twilight Zone, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Deathrealm, Inhuman, Terminal Fright, Cemetery Dance, and many other magazines, as well as in numerous major anthologies. His previous short story collections include Beyond the Lamplight, Lemon Drops and Other Horrors, and Four Shadowings. He is also the author of three novels and a leading scholar on H. P. Lovecraft. He and his wife Mollie live in Roswell, New Mexico.
- GenresHorror
302 pages, Paperback
First published March 14, 2010
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About the author
Donald R. Burleson
60Ìýbooks9ÌýfollowersAmerican ufologist.
Burleson is a UFO field investigator, research consultant, and New Mexico State Director for the Mutual UFO Network ( MUFON )
Burleson is a UFO field investigator, research consultant, and New Mexico State Director for the Mutual UFO Network ( MUFON )
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September 21, 2010
This is a collection of short stories, all of them creepy, some of them stronger than others. There are a few that really didn't gel for me, or that I found silly (so often a risk with horror writing) but alongside these are some absolute gems, and moments of intense creepiness. Where Burleson's work really caught my imagination, was in his drawing on desert landscapes and local folklore. That writing has a lot of richness and resonance. The longest story in the set, Papa Loate, is a captivating, mysterious, haunting piece of work and I absolutly loved it. So, while I wasn't totally enchanted by the collection, it is unequivically worth buying for that tale alone.
November 29, 2010
A wonderful book by Hippocampus press.I have ordered from them before and have never been disappointed.
I haven't read much of the author before so it was a great surprise to be reading such good work.
It starts with Tumbleweeds which is a story about tumbleweeds and two old men.You would think that there wouldn't be much to say about tumbleweeds but there you would be mistaken.This is a cool and creepy story that builds on itself until the end.
A Student of Geometry is a story about being careful what you wish for.
Desert Dreams has some Native American spookiness that is hard to put down.
The only thing I would do differently if I was the author is I would have some younger main protagonists.It did get a little tiresome reading about the elderly in so many stories.But even with that criticism this was a stupendous book filled with interesting and chilling stories.
I haven't read much of the author before so it was a great surprise to be reading such good work.
It starts with Tumbleweeds which is a story about tumbleweeds and two old men.You would think that there wouldn't be much to say about tumbleweeds but there you would be mistaken.This is a cool and creepy story that builds on itself until the end.
A Student of Geometry is a story about being careful what you wish for.
Desert Dreams has some Native American spookiness that is hard to put down.
The only thing I would do differently if I was the author is I would have some younger main protagonists.It did get a little tiresome reading about the elderly in so many stories.But even with that criticism this was a stupendous book filled with interesting and chilling stories.
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