Humor

There was disaster coming; that was blindingly obvious. Life had been almost ridiculously easy, and now things were going to get worse. Much, much worse. I couldnt believe that I had ever thought otherwise. I couldnt believe that Id ever thought that there could be any other outcome.

Stanley Donwoods fictional universe is one in which anything can happen, and frequently does. Disappearances (people, things) are everyday. Relationships are unstable. Nature has turned unnatural. Its the kind of world (the kind of book) in which you might walk into a room only to find, that room, has ... no ... floor.

A substantial selection of Stanleys fiction over the past ten years or so, (title) shows a contemporary master of the micro narrative. Apocalyptic, funny, unsettling and hallucinogenic in their intensity, Stanley Donwoods stories present a series of haunting episodes in a world drained of meaning, sense and consequence.