Name: The Ones who got Away: Stories
Price: 455.00 ZAR
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Author: Stephen Graham Jones
ISBN: 9781504099509

Type

Physical Book

Author

Stephen Graham Jones

Publisher

Open Road Media

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781504099509

The Ones who got Away: Stories

Stephen Graham Jones (Author) · Open Road Media · Paperback

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Synopsis "The Ones who got Away: Stories"

Thirteen stories of monsters, murder, and mayhem from a master of horror, the New York Times-bestselling author of I Was a Teenage Slasher. Stephen Graham Jones takes familiar horror tropes--zombies, camping mishaps, damaged children--and intertwines them with the dark forces of human nature to create unique and unforgettable short fiction. These thirteen tales run the gamut, immersing you in worlds you think you've seen before, but with outcomes you'll never see coming. In "Father, Son, Holy Rabbit," a dad and his child are lost in a snowstorm and learn what the true cost of survival is. A snake-oil salesman makes his way across Arizona territory, peddling his wares to unsuspecting customers--and leaving ghost towns in his wake--in "Lonegan's Luck." While in "Raphael," four twelve-year-old outcasts, seemingly invisible to everyone around them, make up a "scare" club, pushing themselves further and further into the unthinkable. As Laird Barron says in his introduction, "The Ones Who Got Away is a slippery collection; it resists and gnaws at the bonds of genre, yet may be the most pure horror book I've come across." Jump in and hold on for your life . . . "The twisty endings, villainous characters, and truly shocking scenarios make several of these disturbing stories truly unforgettable." --Publishers Weekly "Readers looking for horror can't go wrong with Stephen Graham Jones and diving into these thirteen collected short stories is the perfect way to countdown to Halloween night." --Bookish "The Ones Who Got Away is the perfect showcase for [Jones's] wide-array of literary acrobatics." --Dark Scribe Magazine

Stephen Graham Jones

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Stephen Graham Jones, nacido el 22 de enero de 1972 en Midland, Texas, es un autor Blackfeet Native American que ha dejado una huella prominente en la ficción contemporánea, especialmente en los géneros de terror, experimental y ciencia ficción. Su trayectoria literaria comenzó con su novela debut, The Fast Red Road, en el año 2000, publicada como parte de su tesis doctoral. Desde entonces, ha demostrado una productividad notable, alcanzando más de treinta novelas, además de colecciones de relatos, cómics y novelas cortas.

Su obra destaca por un estilo inquietante que combina elementos tradicionales del horror —como slashers y mitologías indígenas— con reflexiones profundas sobre identidad, cultura y transformación. Títulos como The Only Good Indians, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (primero de la trilogía The Indian Lake) y Don’t Fear the Reaper lo consolidaron como una voz poderosa en el género. También explora temáticas como la venganza, la justicia y la herencia cultural desde una perspectiva indígena.

Además de escritor, Jones es profesor universitario: ocupa la cátedra Ineva Reilly Baldwin Endowed Chair of English en la Universidad de Colorado Boulder, donde fusiona su pasión por la literatura con la docencia.

Reside en Boulder, Colorado, junto con su esposa y sus hijos, y mantiene una conexión activa con su comunidad y tradiciones como miembro de la Nación Blackfeet.

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