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The Day the Leash Gave Way and Other Stories
Hardcover
ISBN13: 9781515423096
Publisher: Black Curtain Pr
Published: Apr 3 2018
Pages: 252
Weight: 0.88
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
A collection of dark and unconventional short fiction in which Trent Zelazny establishes a distinctive voice shaped by intensity, humour, and unpredictability.
This volume gathers the original twenty-four stories first published in 2009, alongside two additional works, The Ten-In-One and Chicken Strips. Across these narratives, Zelazny moves between genres and tones, combining elements of horror, speculative fiction, and dark humour. The stories are marked by abrupt shifts, unsettling perspectives, and a willingness to follow ideas into unexpected territory.
Rather than extending an established legacy, Zelazny's work asserts its own direction, defined by stylistic experimentation and a refusal of conventional boundaries. The collection offers a cohesive introduction to his approach, in which narrative voice and atmosphere take precedence over expectation, and where each story presents a distinct and often disquieting experience.
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