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Thirteen Nocturnes
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781978331204
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 3 2018
Pages: 258
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.58 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Oliver Sheppard is a major new voice in the genre of macabre poetry. Sheppard is also an impeccable craftsman. [Thirteen Nocturnes contains] many poems of uniformly high craftsmanship, not to mention creativity. These are very dark poems indeed, and very inventive in their celebration of darkness and the macabre. As expressed on the back cover, this volume does in fact announce a 'cold poetics of the macabre in the new dark age of the Anthropocene, ' emphasis on that 'po, ' if not Poe himself.
-Donald Sidney-Fryer, Spectral Realms (June, 2021) Thirteen Nocturnes is an excellent collection of mostly gothic poetry, illustrated with appropriately moody photography and art. -Ellen Datlow, editor, Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 11 (2019)Thirteen Nocturnes is gothic in every sense of the word; from the writing style, the themes, to Oliver's own influences. Without a doubt, this bountiful collection raises the bar for contemporary gothic poetry. It's so rare in this day and age to find poetry written in such a sophisticated and profound manner. Sheppard combines a down-to-earth modernism with an old school style which makes for a fanciful and unique experience for the reader.
-Sar Blackthorn, CVLT Nation (2018) What I appreciated most in Thirteen Nocturnes was Sheppard's ability to evoke feelings associated with night, darkness, and solitude. They also evoked memories. I appreciate any form of art that can tap into my thoughts and feelings and Sheppard obviously has that ability. -Kurt Morris, Razorcake (Dec., 2018) Reading Sheppard's poetry is a little like listening to a conversation between Nietzsche and William Blake during a showing of Peckinpah's Cross of Iron. Using a wide range of forms and cultural references, Sheppard illustrates the human condition in ways that take as much account of its absence as its presence... Given the chance, Sheppard will lead you down dark and unfamiliar paths, to moments of weird beauty. -from the foreword by John FosterAlso in
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