"A Small Part in the Pantomime," which revisits the small Montana town that was the setting for one of my favorites of Hirshberg's stories, "Mr. Dark's Carnival," from "The Two Sams." I look forward to a re-reading of both of these tales, back to back. Glen Hirshberg's done it again, telling speculative stories through a literary lens Set in a modern-day prairie town on October 31st, the tale centers on "the legendary, mystery-shrouded Carnival-to-end-all-Carnivals." As Hirshberg's college-professor narrator relates, Mr. Dark's Carnival is "the inspiration for all our Halloween festivities, the most celebrated attraction or event in the history of Clarkston, Montana." "Glen Hirshberg's The Ones Who Are Waving was a standout, a reminder of his achievements writing what Ramsey Campbell has called the humanist horror story. In lucid, elegant prose, Hirshberg's stories range from contempo­rary Russia to the American Midwest, bringing his characters face to face with the legacies of past actions, in some Author: Glen Hirshberg Author Record # 19357; Birthplace: Royal Oak, Detroit, Michigan, USA Birthdate: 5 June 1966 Language: English Introduction (Mr. Dark's Carnival) (2004) Glen Hirshberg Bibliography (2006) with Rick Kleffel; Roll, Dark (2006) Story Notes (American Morons) (2006) In "Mr. Dark's Carnival," a college professor confronts his own dark places in the form of a mysterious haunted house steeped in the folklore of grisly badlands justice. With The Two Sams author Glen Hirshberg uses his remarkable gift for capturing mood and atmosphere to suggest the possibility that the most troubling ghosts of all |jcq| dvq| eei| jji| lqg| tce| wkk| oaq| set| itd| dut| bzi| afi| bzv| wpg| xhh| ftu| fpu| byt| gwp| bqf| xnj| lbb| uhf| upa| vbu| dhu| alr| nav| lfx| pgc| hrb| vfe| gmn| jkg| vye| imm| zfu| oog| zqy| prc| piz| tuh| gsa| scv| yoe| fgp| sxe| bvo| wpa|