<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>In his first story collection since the acclaimed <i>Refresh, Refresh<i>, Percy brings his page-turning skills to bear in a potent brew of horror, crime, and weird happenings in the woods.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b>A spine-tingling new collection of stories from the acclaimed author of <i>Thrill Me</i> and <i>The Dark Net <p/></i></b>Benjamin 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, <i>Thrill Me</i>, he laid bare for readers how and why he channels disparate influences in his work. Now, in his first story collection since the acclaimed <i>Refresh, Refresh</i>, Percy brings his page-turning skills to bear in <i>Suicide Woods</i>, a potent brew of horror, crime, and weird happenings in the woods. <p/>A 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. <p/>In story after story, which have appeared in magazines ranging from the <i>Virginia Quarterly Review</i> and <i>Orion Magazine</i> to <i>McSweeney's</i> and <i>Ploughshares</i>, Percy delivers haunting and chilling narratives that will have readers hanging on every word. A master class in suspense and horror, <i>Suicide Woods</i> is a dark, inventive collection packed to the gills with eerie, can't-miss tales.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"Twisted and thorny and beautiful. . . . A small masterpiece."<b>--<i>The New York Times Book Review </i></b> <p/>"Some of us crave subtler scares, and as Halloween approaches, [<i>Suicide Woods</i>] 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."<b>--<i>San Francisco Chronicle</i></b> <p/>"Every story is individual and utterly captivating."<b>--<i>Newsweek </i></b> <p/>"Mesmerizing. . . . Even in Percy's eeriest tales, compassion and wry humor infuse the narratives. <i>Suicide Woods</i> is more <i>Stranger Things</i> than <i>Twilight Zone</i>, closer to King than Kafka, and it's as entertaining as whatever chilling show you're bingeing on Netflix right now."<b>--<i>Star Tribune</i></b> (Minneapolis) <p/>"Benjamin Percy's new collection, <i>Suicide Woods</i>, 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."<b>--<i>Washington Independent Review of Books </i></b> <p/>"[<i>Suicide Woods</i>] 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."<b>--<i>Tor Magazine </i></b> <p/>"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. . . . <i>Suicide Woods</i> 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."<b>--<i>Shelf Awareness</i></b> <p/>"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."<b>--<i>BookPage </i></b> <p/>"Like modern Grimm fairy tales, the stories in this volume are cautionary and haunting."<b><i>--Kirkus Reviews, s</i></b><b>tarred review<br></b><br>"Percy's haunting, well-crafted prose frequently elevates the mundanity and isolation of being human into something otherworldly in his genre-bending collection [<i>Suicide Woods</i>]. . . . This gripping, often unnerving collection showcases Percy's talent as a skilled, versatile storyteller."<b>--<i>Publishers Weekly<br></i></b><br>"Percy's stories are atmospheric, concise, and at times terrifying, and he leads readers into unexpected revelations and visceral violence."<b>--<i>Booklist </i></b> <p/>"<i>Suicide Woods</i> deals in a shivery fear, a dreamlike unease, a sense of eldritch hallucinations creeping toward us. I love this book."<b>--Luis Alberto Urrea <p/></b>"Fiction doesn't get more red in tooth and claw than this. Every page drips, every story leaves you bleeding."<b>--Stephen Graham Jones</b></p><br>
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