{"product_id":"9781644450062","title":"Suicide Woods : Stories","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Benjamin Percy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA spine-tingling new collection of stories from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThrill Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Net\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBenjamin Percy is a versatile and propulsive storyteller whose genre-busting novels and story collections have ranged from literary to thriller to postapocalyptic. In his essay collection, \u003ci\u003eThrill Me\u003c\/i\u003e, he laid bare for readers how and why he channels disparate influences in his work. Now, in his first story collection since the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eRefresh, Refresh\u003c\/i\u003e, Percy brings his page-turning skills to bear in \u003ci\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, a potent brew of horror, crime, and weird happenings in the woods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA boy in his uncle’s care falls through the ice on a pond and emerges in a frozen, uncanny state. A group of people in therapy for suicidal ideation undergoes a drastic session in the woods with fatal consequences. A body found on a train and a blood-soaked carpet in an empty house are clues to a puzzling crime in a small town. And in a pulse-quickening novella, thrill seekers on a mapping expedition into the “Bermuda Triangle” of remote Alaska are stranded on a sinister island that seems to want them dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn story after story, which have appeared in magazines ranging from the \u003ci\u003eVirginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOrion Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePloughshares\u003c\/i\u003e, Percy delivers haunting and chilling narratives that will have readers hanging on every word. A master class in suspense and horror, \u003ci\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is a dark, inventive collection packed to the gills with eerie, can’t-miss tales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Twisted and thorny and beautiful. . . . A small masterpiece.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Some of us crave subtler scares, and as Halloween approaches, [\u003ci\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/i\u003e] reminds us that the genre thrives on nuance. . . . This intelligent, entertaining book demonstrates why [Percy has] emerged as one of the more interesting writers working this territory.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Every story is individual and utterly captivating.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mesmerizing. . . . Even in Percy's eeriest tales, compassion and wry humor infuse the narratives. \u003ci\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is more \u003ci\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/i\u003e than \u003ci\u003eTwilight Zone\u003c\/i\u003e, closer to King than Kafka, and it's as entertaining as whatever chilling show you're bingeing on Netflix right now.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (Minneapolis) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Benjamin Percy’s new collection, \u003ci\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/i\u003e, is a total nightmare — in the best way possible. . . . Percy lures readers into a world that is part real, part surreal. . . . This merging of reality and dream states has a powerfully unsettling effect . . . but Percy nestles shimmers of hope in the dark forest . . . . Above all, the language throughout is remarkable: sharp and stinging, yet replete with desolate, hypnagogic beauty.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eWashington Independent Review of Books \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/i\u003e] is a fine reminder of what happens when a writer taps into their penchant for the outright fantastical, and the unsettling stories that can arise as a result.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTor Magazine \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An addictive mix of gritty crime fiction and otherworldly horror. . . . Percy's prose is exacting, finely tuning the atmospherics that give the collection such an eerie overall feeling. . . . \u003ci\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to Percy's skill as a writer. He takes no shortcuts in eliciting thrills. The collection is by turns provocative and terrifying.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The virtue of this collection lies in its super-refined telling, thanks to Percy’s efforts to break through the barriers between genre fiction and literature.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBookPage \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Like modern Grimm fairy tales, the stories in this volume are cautionary and haunting.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Kirkus Reviews, s\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003etarred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Percy’s haunting, well-crafted prose frequently elevates the mundanity and isolation of being human into something otherworldly in his genre-bending collection [\u003ci\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/i\u003e]. . . . This gripping, often unnerving collection showcases Percy’s talent as a skilled, versatile storyteller.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Percy’s stories are atmospheric, concise, and at times terrifying, and he leads readers into unexpected revelations and visceral violence.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSuicide Woods\u003c\/i\u003e deals in a shivery fear, a dreamlike unease, a sense of eldritch hallucinations creeping toward us. I love this book.”\u003cb\u003e—Luis Alberto Urrea\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e“Fiction doesn't get more red in tooth and claw than this. Every page drips, every story leaves you bleeding.”\u003cb\u003e—Stephen Graham Jones\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781644450062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40698598490318,"sku":"9781644450062","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_04f9a7bf-bab8-491c-8120-9acde8accfa0.jpg?v=1640493125","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781644450062","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}