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Midnight Picnic (2008)

by Nick Antosca(Favorite Author)

4.14 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0977934330 (ISBN13: 9780977934331)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Word Riot Press

review 1: this is a delicate little nightmare of a book. its got a great land-of-the-dead thing happening, like all my favorite jonathan carroll and kevin brockmeier themes, but a little less playful; a little scarier. i finished it and immediately reread the first 100 pages, so i suggest you do the same. however, too many uses of the word "desultory", which is just a word i have a personal aversion to. twice in one sentence will make my skin crawl...
review 2: I don't generally like horror, or books that deal with the supernatural, or books that have dogs on the cover. But I figured that if Jackie Corley wanted to publish Nick Antosca's Midnight Picnic, then there had to be something to it. It reads quick, which in its case gives it a very surreal sort of movie feel. I... more kept thinking, “This is a novel.” Not the perfect novel, not a timeless novel, but Midnight Picnic is certainly one of the better small press titles I've ever read. I especially liked the interactions of Bram and Marian. I found Adam to be obnoxious, and I think that was the author's intention. Now that I've seen one Word Riot Press title, I'm willing to give the rest a try—and I guess that's all I have to say. It's a worthy way to spend a day. less

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