Synopsis
Gary Fry's The Impelled and Other Head Trips has created a masive buzz within the horror genre. "Psychological horror, the unreliable narrator, the interdependence of the psychological and the supernatural: if Poe didn't invent them, he certainly brought them so up to date that his use of them remains exemplary today. Gary Fry is a master of all these elements and has developed them in his own strikingly personal way within the rare field of philosophical horror...an important book." - Ramsey Campbell, multiple World Fantasy, Bram Stoker & International Horror Guild Award winner "I am not in the habit of entertaining envy. It's a loathsome thing. But the work of Gary Fry makes me envious. Reading it has left me feeling inadequate to such a degree that punching him in the nose seems the only logical course of action. But I would never do such a thing. Instead I intend to recommend this book to all and sundry, in the hope that they might feel similarly envious, and we can band together and rain blows down upon the suspiciously and fiendishly talented skull of Mr. Fry ...Then we can feel secure in our mediocrity while Fry, limping, and a little worse for wear, basks in the respect and critical adoration that is due him.
" - Kealan Patrick Burke Bram Stoker Award winning author of The Turtle Boy. Gary Fry's debut collection of chilling short stories includes the previously unpublished novella, The Unmoored, and an introduction by Ramsey Campbell. TABLE OF CONTENTS The Impelled (originally published in Evermore) Single Hit (originally published in Brutarian Quarterly 42) Pulp Friction (originally published in Bare Bone 5) Kiss and Tell (original to this collection) Illuminations (originally published in Bare Bone 8) Illusio (originally published in Florida Horror: Dark Tales From The Sunshine State) Peeping.Com (originally published in Peep Show Vol. 1) 0.0
5 (originally published in Bare Bone 7) The Haunted Doll's House (original to this collection) Inside Out (originally published in Thirteen Stories) The Trip (originally published in Lighthouse 4) Home From Home (original to this collection) Now and Then (original to this collection) Lest Spirits Darken (originally published in Black Petals 29) Myself: A Fiction (originally published in Supernatural Tales 9) The Sunken Garden (original to this collection) Both And (originally published in Gathering The Bones) The Unmoored (a novella) (original to this collection)
About the Author
Gary Fry has published short fiction professionally in GATHERING THE BONES
(HarperCollins/TOR), EVERMORE (Arkham House) and over 40 other
publications, including the forthcoming Cemetary Dance anthology THE
BRITISH INVASION. 2006 will see the release of his first two collections:
THE IMPELLED AND OTHER HEAD TRIPS from Crowswing Books and MINDFUL OF
PHANTOMS from Ash-Tree Press, the former including an introduction from
Ramsey Campbell. Indeed, Ramsey wrote this about him in a recent interview:
"The greatest satisfaction may be in discovering or helping new
writers...Most recently I was delighted to bring Gary Fry to the world in
Gathering the Bones", while Melanie Tem has written: "This is a writer with
important things to say and the talent to make them compelling." Gary lives
in Bradford, UK, and his favourite things in this mad world are wine, dogs
and curry.
