Steve Rasnic Tem: The ToCs
Steve Rasnic Tem is our featured author in the Case Notes section of Black Static #32, and as part of that I review his two most recent short story collections. Unfortunately space did not permit me to discuss every single story, but by way of a consolation prize, and for the benefit of those who may want to know if a particular story was included, I'm going to reproduce the Table of Contents for each collection.
Onion Songs isn't officially released until March, but they're accepting pre-orders at Amazon and The Book Depository (currently 24%off) and I recommend that you take advantage of that, as you're going to want this book. You'll find the relevant links on the Chômu Press website.
UGLY BEHAVIOR
(New Pulp Press pb, 220pp, $14.95)
2PM: The Real Estate Agent Arrives
Saguaro Night
In His Image
The Cough
You Dreamed It
Rat Catcher
Blood Knot
The Carving
The Child Killer
Friday Nights
Squeezer
Sharp Edges
Wet Kisses in the Dark
The Stench
The Crusher
Living Arrangement
Jesse
Stones
Ugly Behavior
ONION SONGS
(Chômu Press pb, 370pp, £12.50)
Onion Song
The Sadness
The Messenger
The Hijacker
Out Late In the Park
Picnic
Doodles
Strands
Night: the Endless Snowfall
Archetype
The Hunter Home from the Hill
Shoplifter
Brain of Shadows
Attached
The Rifleman, the Cancerous Cow, and the Swedish Memorial Hospital
Jungle J.D.
Cats, Dogs, & Other Creatures
How to Survive a Fire at the Greenmark
Minimalist Biography
Sometimes I Get Lost
The Changing Room
Charles
The Figure in Motion
The Glare and the Glow
Slapstick
Strangeness
Off the Map
Unknown
Saturday Afternoon
A Visit Home
The Multiples of Sorrow
Fish
Merry-Go-Round
The Green Dog
A Dream of the Dead
Saturday
Aphastic World Syndrome
December
The Mask Child
Shuffle
12 Minutes of Darkness
An Ending
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