PS Publishing
(publication 26th March 2010)
 
In this collection love and loss tear at the fabric of everyday life and distort reality. What was once objectively familiar is tainted by uncertainty, and soon everything becomes subtly and terrifyingly altered. In "Loup-garou" a young man watches his own past re-enacted as an avante-garde French film. In "Llanfihangel" memories of the past are shown to be incorrect and misinterpreted. In Russell's stories even the present appears to be open to misunderstanding.
 
When those around you insist that they see the world differently at least you can argue with them. But when you realise that you cannot rely on your own senses then the world becomes a terrifying place indeed.
 
"Literary Remains"
"An Artist's Model"
"Llanfihangel"
"Una Furtiva Lagrima"
"Another Country"
"Loup-garou"
"Blue Glow"
"A Revelation"
"Asphodel"
"Where They Cannot Be Seen"
 
Available as a trade hardcover (£15/$24)
and in a signed, traycased edition (£35/$56)
 
"...a remarkable read..." - Supernatural Tales
 
"This collection sets the bar high for himself, not to mention future authors, but also ensures a special place for his fiction in the contemporary weird's bright future. " - The Grim Blogger
 
"...strangely beautiful prose . . . compelling stories. " - Risingshadow.net
 
"...all the stories are elegantly written, clever, classy tales apt to delight the reader throughout the whole volume..." - Mario Guslandi, Bookgeeks
 
"A fine collection at times reminiscent of Machen, Aickman, Ligotti and others but always with that unique R.B Russell style." - Tales from the Black Abyss
 
"I shall also need to seek the 'sold out' Putting the Pieces in Place, another anthology by RB Russell (Ex Occidente Press) because I now feel I want to be a RB Russell completist! - Des Lewis, Weirdmonger