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- Five Degrees of
Latitude
- by
- Michael
Reynier
"Sarban meets
Blackwood meets late Machen." - Jim Rockhill
This stunning debut collection by Michael
Reynier includes five fictions about landscape, people, and the
mysteries in between. They are tales of curiosity and discovery, of
passion, hatred and the supernatural, and they will entertain and
stimulate the intellect in equal measure.
In ‘Le Loup Garou’ Professor Florant
Hortholary investigates a series of disappearances and vicious
animal mutilations in a remote French mountain village. In ‘Sika Tarn’,
two walkers hear otherworldly sounds at an isolated lake. A Victorian
academic discovers the research records of his maverick predecessor and
learns of a startling set of experiments in ‘The Rumour Mill’. In ‘No. 3
Hobbes’ Lane’, set in rural England of the industrial revolution, a
traveller wonders at the mystery of a house with no windows. ‘The
Visions of Lazaro’ blends two disparate narratives--one an academic
account of a bizarre religious sect dating back to the sixteenth
century, the other a contemporary journal describing a visit to a
deserted outstation--and time and space soon become
intertwined.
These are stories written in full
awareness of the British and European supernatural tradition,
but they have a freshness and originality all their own. Michael Reynier is undoubtedly an exciting new
talent in the field of uncanny literature.
Michael Reynier is British, forty-three
and works in London. He studied as an archaeologist and worked at
the British Museum and the University of Leicester before moving into
university administration. He is married with two children.
ISBN
978-1-905784-37-0
The first four chapters of "Le Loup-Garou" from Five Degrees of
Latitude can be downloaded as a pdf here.
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- Five Degrees of
Latitude is a sewn hardback of 269 pages, printed
lithographically, with head and tailbands, and d/w.
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- Limited to 300 copies.
- Publication 1st July 2011.
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- Price £30/$50 inc. p&p.
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Five Degrees of Latitude
as an ebook
(Please note that this will be emailed to you manually!) Price
£3.99
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- Reviews:
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- "Readers who like weird tales with a vintage feel
will find this volume an auspicious debut." - Publishers Weekly
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- "Five Degrees of Latitude, the debut collection from Michael Reynier is, in many
ways, a thing of beauty — from the simple but elegantly designed
physical book produced by Tartarus Press to the five intricate and
highy-polished tales contained within, there is much to admire here." -
Robert Morrish, Twilight Ridge
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- "...an extraordinary book, featuring
stories with very original subjects and such a mature, superior writing
style that it's hard to believe that this is the debut work of a brand new
author and not the product of a skilful veteran storyteller." - The Agony
Column
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Michael Reynier has been
interviewed by Rick Kleffel at the Agony Column. The interview is offered on the
website as a downloadable podcast.
You can hear the complete, 1-hour 22-minute interview
by following this link.
The
interview is also available divided into two parts.
You can hear part one (43 minutes) by following this
link.
You can hear part two (39 minutes) by following this
link.
Page updated 18th April
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