Selected Short Stories
featuring New Corpse Smell
by Nicolas
Wilson
Description
This collection contains fifteen short stories, in a variety of genres
including crime, science fiction, and military fiction.
Shades of Cray: The story of the first transracial individual.
Leaving Lost Atlantis: A man writes his ex-wife, after discovering what happened
to Atlantis.
An Iraqi Christmas Carol: A small group of soldiers and an Iraqi policeman mount a
rescue for a kidnapped boy.
Quarter: A military team designed for assassinations loses control
over one of its members in the middle of a mission.
Werehouse: A man trying to help his homeless cousin runs afoul of a
society of murderers.
Atlas Dug Up: Two philosophical equals have a love affair that continues
after death.
Blood Falls: An expedition to the Antarctic goes south, after a rock
wall collapses.
Murder Your Darlings: A writer finds himself convinced one of his characters is
trying to kill him, after his loved ones start getting hurt.
Mine: A doctor exacts revenge on a former-General.
Failure Cascade: A ride on a space elevator goes horribly wrong.
Euthanasia: A surgeon gets caught between his oath and his vengeful
calling.
Shrink: An executive ponders the consequences of modern business.
Indian Gift: An ex-outlaw is drafted into convincing an Indian to sell
his land.
Parallel: A professor familiar with inter-dimensional travel tries
convincing one of his students to kill another.
New Corpse Smell: Observing decomposition.
Review
Nicolas Wilson has
penned a collection of creative and disturbing stories, all of which are
thought-provoking and surprising. Each story is wildly different from the last,
but each of them is gripping and chilling in its own right. It's a collection
impossible to read quickly and you will not be ready to move on to the next
story until you've pondered the one before.
I found it extremely
hard to pick just one favourite, I have at least three. 'Shades of Cray', about
the first transracial procedure is gruesome in parts, and asks some very deep
questions about race and identity. 'Blood Falls' contains some wonderful
imagery and descriptions, eg: 'We have a unique experience to not just look at
the piss seeping out of this lake's urethra, but we can stick our fingers in
its guts and see what squirms out of the primordial ooze.' Careful what you
wish for...
'Mine' is another
brilliantly dark tale. Imagine you're a heart surgeon. Your country has been
decimated by war. Your family has been torn apart. One of the perpetrators of
the atrocities is on your table. What do you do? I'm willing to bet it isn't
half as macabre and fitting as Nicolas Wilson dreamed up.
Fans of Stephen King
will love this collection, and my only complaint is that these are short
stories and not novels. I've gone straight to amazon to find more books by
Nicolas Wilson - I have plenty of time to read now that I daren't switch off
the bedside light...
About the Author
Nicolas Wilson is a published journalist, graphic novelist, and novelist.
He lives in the rainy wastes of Portland, Oregon with his wife, two cats and a
dog.
Nic has written eight novels: Whores: not intended to be a factual account of the gender war, and Dag are currently available for eReader and will soon be available in
paperback; Nexus, The Necromancer's Gambit, Banksters, Homeless, The Singularity,
and Lunacy are all due for
publication in the next two years. Nic has also written several short story
collections.
Nic's work spans a variety of genres, from political thriller to science
fiction and urban fantasy.
For information on Nic's books, and behind-the-scenes looks at his
writing, visit Nic's website. Sign
up for his mailing list to receive a free novella, Dogs of War.
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