![]() ![]() The concept of salvation, of being removed from a condition of perdition through divine – or, in some cases, human – agency, has fascinated humans for centuries. ‘He doesn’t want to be saved,’ said Low Voice. ‘You don’t want to die in bed,’ said Low Voice. ‘Of course you remember,’ said the one with the bass voice. ‘He’s pretending not to remember,’ he said. The torn-lipped man raised his eyebrows and looked at his companion. Adam Mills, editor of “101 Weird Writers” And, according to regular contributor Larry Nolen, it may well chart a path toward both terror and salvation. The novella is a modern classic of weird ritual, mixed with noir and horror. Strange or absurd happenings occur with frequency in his fiction, and nothing could be odder than the events that occur in “The Brotherhood of Mutilation” (2003), later expanded into the novel Last Days (2009). Evenson’s critically acclaimed story collections include The Wavering Knife (2004) and Fugue State (2009). ![]() He is also a translator of French literature and the Chair of the Literary Arts Program at Brown University, as well as a senior editor of the Conjunctions literary journal published by Bard College. There is no ranking system the order is determined by the schedule of posts.īrian Evenson (1966 - ) is an influential American writer of hard to classify dark fiction that often seems surreal or Kafkaesque. This post is part of an ongoing series on 101 weird writers featured in The Weird compendium, the anthology that serves as the inspiration for this site. ![]()
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