A Graveside Gallery: Tales of Ghosts and Dark Matters
includes nineteen strange and masterful short fiction stories in this second collection by award-winning author Eric J. Guignard. From hauntings and oblivion to monsters, murder, and anthropomorphism,
A Graveside Gallery
explores the literary odd and macabre that reside in the vast shadows of our existence.
Discover why Eric J. Guignard's beautifully-voiced and disquieting work has been praised by sites such as
Library Journal
("Guignard captures the depth of emotion underlying fictional terrors") and
Publishers Weekly
("high-concept and brilliant") as well as the
NY Times
,
CNBC News
Booklist
, and more, for stories such as these:
- In "A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds," a gay Hispanic teen in 1950s Los Angeles, mourning the loss of a friend, has a chance to make amends during Day of the Dead.
- In "Incident at the Red Hawk Road Stop," the owner of a roadside trading post has a deadly secret, but so too does the customer he kills.
- In "Penny's Diner," a long haul trucker, coming home after an accident, stops at a curious diner.
- In "The Ascending Lights of Yu Lan," an embittered sailor in 1917's San Francisco Wharf encounters an immigrant from China who offers peace from ghosts.
- In "Bummin' to the Beat of the Road," a Beat-era youth leaves home to travel the land, only to find madness, murder, and the teeth of a new generation.
- In "Perchance to Dream in Voices of a Fiend: A Fanciful Epilogue to Frankenstein," an intimate epilogue is suggested to the famous novel
Frankenstein
, offering a more hopeful closure to characters' lives.
Those and thirteen other tales explore the fearful and nebulous boundaries of reality. Visit
by Eric J. Guignard and behold that which is captivating, startling, and darkly enriching.