Seventeen Stitches

by Sean Eads

Overview

Lambda Literary and Shirley Jackson Award finalist Eads's first collection of surreal and dark fantastical fiction promises to caress the hackles raised while reading about a ruthless Eva Braun's obsession with Rosie the Riveter, zombies can be fascinated by reciting the plays of William Shakespeare, and troubled young men taken for "correction" at an institute discover the shocking truth behind the promise of healing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781590216569
Publisher:	Lethe Press
Publication date:	06/05/2017
Pages:	292
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.66(d)

Editorial Reviews

05/01/2017
Veteran short story author Eads brings together some inventive elements in his latest collection of tales, some of which fall painfully flat. “My Father’s Friend” follows a child stuck in a depressing time loop. “Coffin” tells of demonic possession by an otherworldly baby. In “The Seer,” Eads’s characters question the truth in prophecies. All of these works captivate, but some of the others are questionable: “Riveter” takes as its subject Eva Braun, who resurrects victims of the Holocaust through photographic technology. Even fans of alternate history and morally gray heroes will question this exoneration of a member of Hitler’s inner circle, especially one who pledged unwavering loyalty to him. There is an offensive frivolity in this particular work, and its insensitivity overwhelms and tarnishes the rest of the collection. (June)

Publishers Weekly

"Veteran short story author Eads brings together some inventive elements in his latest collection of tales..." - Publishers Weekly

"A ghoulish collection of short sci-fi, fantasy, and horror stories that explore strange and haunting possibilities." - Kirkus Reviews

"The weirder and darker the tales go, the more Eads seems to delight in pushing boundaries." - Out in Print

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