{"product_id":"effects-vary-paperback","title":"Effects Vary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Allan Gunnells\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eMichael Harris Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEffects Vary\u003c\/b\u003e features 22 stories of dark fiction and literary horror that explore the shadow side of love, loss, and family. From an aging TV star's murderous plan to rekindle her glory days, to a father who returns from war forever changed, from human lab rats who die again and again, to a farmer who obeys the dreadful commands of the sky, these stories, four of them award winners, blur the thin line between reality and the darkest reaches of the imagination. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eEffects Vary\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The stories in Michael Cohen's Effects Vary are sharp and hard-hitting, small blades that make one see the world through a dark and eerie lens. While these stories are chilling, what will stop you cold is how deeply they explore what makes us human. A must-read literary horror collection.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cb\u003eDanielle Trussoni\u003c\/b\u003e, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ancestor\u003c\/i\u003e and NYTBR Dark Matters columnist\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cohen's fictions are knife flashes, quick and deft and so sharp you don't know you've been cut until the blood starts to flow. Whether he's in the mines of South Africa, the court of Charles the IV in Spain, or in places that seem like odd doppelgängers of the ones we know, his work unsettles in the best possible ways.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eBrian Evenson\u003c\/b\u003e, Shirley Jackson and World Fantasy Award-Winning author of \u003ci\u003eSong for the Unraveling of the World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A pleasure ride to hell. You will read \u003ci\u003eEffects Vary \u003c\/i\u003ewith a scorched smile and a horrified heart. And then you will re-read it, as I did. An unforgettable collection.\"\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMartín Felipe Castagnet\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eBodies of Summer\u003c\/i\u003e and one of \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e's best of young Spanish-language novelists \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cohen offers up a myriad of dark worlds, both real and supernatural, each exquisitely rendered, each with its own unnerving brand of darkness. Deeply eerie and unsettling, \u003ci\u003eEffects Vary \u003c\/i\u003eis a treasure trove of dark gems, written in a strong and distinct voice.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eA.C. Wise\u003c\/b\u003e, Nebula and Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ghost Sequences\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eA world of nightmares and haunted spaces that might crack open at any moment. Cohen's prose is gorgeous and full of menace. I tore through this collection of dark delights.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eLincoln Michel\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Body Scout\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Provocative, heartbreaking, and compelling-\u003ci\u003eEffects Vary\u003c\/i\u003e is the must-read collection of the year.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cb\u003eSamantha Kolesnik\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eTrue Crime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEffects Vary\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich and bleak sea of stories, dotted by islands of trapped and broken fragments shaped like people. It creeps into you, finds your unfilled corners, and claws them into deeper hollows. A startling and gripping collection.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-\u003cb\u003eHailey Piper\u003c\/b\u003e, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eQueen of Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153824514111,"sku":"9798846111660","price":21.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a-9eFd40_49798846111660_3f1e0a75-28d5-413c-af74-70a086d6fa4f.webp?v=1776951176","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/effects-vary-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}