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QTmua [Mobile ebook] In Concert Online [QTmua.ebook] In Concert Pdf Free Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem ebooks | Download PDF | *ePub | DOC | audiobook Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #1639347 in eBooks 2012-03-02 2012-03-02File Name: B007OZU95U | File size: 26.Mb Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem : In Concert before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised In Concert: 0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. In ConcertBy Brendan Moody[This is an old review, slightly edited for republication here.]Near the end of "The Man on the Ceiling," a story that won the Stoker, the International Horror Guild Award, and the World Fantasy Award, co-author Melanie Tem writes:"It was hard for us to write this piece.For one thing, we write differently. My stories tend more toward magical realism, Steve's more toward surrealism. Realism, in both cases, but we argued over form: 'This isn't a story! It doesn't have a plot!'"That's an apt description of the Tems' different approaches to their solo work. Their prose styles are also distinct: Melanie Tem's is smooth, more suited to her magical realism, while Steve Rasnic Tem's has a harsher, disjointed quality, fitting his surreal tales of loss and psychological degeneration. Despite their different approaches, the Tems have written nearly two dozen collaborative stories over the past quarter-century, all of which are collected in the new Centipede Press volume In Concert, including one original, a creepy tale of dependence and manipulation called "Bees from the Hive." These twenty-one finely crafted, insightful tales highlight the talents of both members of this husband and wife team.Although I was most familiar with the Tems as writers of horror and dark fantasy, several of the stories included here are science fiction. Some of those, such as the earliest entry, "Prosthesis," are dark, using aliens and alien worlds as metaphors for loneliness and fear. But the title story, the longest in the collection, in which an old woman's intermittent telepathy brings her into contact with a trapped astronaut, is more optimistic, the human connection easing the pains of life and age. That may sound overly sentimental, but the story's observant, non-manipulative portrayal of the elderly protagonist's life keeps it from feeling cheap or idealized.The dark fantasy pieces included here frequently feature familiar monsters; vampires and vampirism are central to six stories, while two deal with zombies. But the focus is not on these creatures as boogeymen-- readers looking for traditional chillers won't find them here-- but on what they can tell us about humanity. "The Tenth Scholar" appeared in a book called The Ultimate Dracula, but its true protagonist is the streetwise young woman who goes to the famous bloodsucker in search of an unlikely education. The vampire mother of "Mama" offers a poignant metaphor for the devastating power of a mentally unstable parent, while "Nvumbi" puts a unique spin on a father's sense of isolation and impotence in a household dominated by women.Ultimately, it is this interest in the human condition that defines and elevates the Tems' work. As Melanie writes in "The Man on the Ceiling," a haunting, jointly-narrated metafictional meditation on family, love, and fear:"And the world also has in it: Werewolves, whose unclaimed rage transforms them into something not human but also not inhuman (modern psychiatry sometimes finds the bestial 'alter' in the multiple personality). Vampires, whose unbridled need to experience leads them to suck other people dry and are still not satisfied. Zombies, the chronically insulated, people who will not feel anything because they will not feel pain. Ghosts.I write in order to understand these things. I write dark fantasy because it helps me see how to live in a world with monsters."It is because she and her husband understand this human darkness so well, and describe it with such sympathetic insight, that In Concert makes such a fine, harrowing collection of speculative fictions. customers should not that the cover art shown here is not what appears on the actual book. You can find the real cover, a Salvador Dali image, on the publisher's website. Also note that in addition to being signed by both authors, the book is limited to 300 copies, and includes woodcut illustrations by Howie Michels, color plates by Marc Chagall, and endpapers by Max Ernst. All that, plus the book's small-press status, is the reason for the high price tag. Steve Rasnic Melanie Tem : In Concert collects the collaborative short fiction of Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem, who have worked at the cutting edge of imaginative fiction for over a quarter century. In the twenty-one tales herein, the reader will find fear, joy, and mystery. In Concert showcases the wide range of their collaborative work. The title story tells of a lonely elderly woman who achieves rapport with a lost astronaut through the power of music. In "The Icy Region My Heart Encircles," an aging Mary Shelley, creator of Frankenstein, keeps the heart of her late husband on the mantel and is haunted by her dead children and the living incarnation of her Monster. And in "The Man on the Ceiling," the authors take turns telling of the fears and darkness common to all families, while reminding the reader that "everything I tell you is true." The publication of In Concert is an event well worth celebrating.In Concert is one in a long series of short story collections by award-winning authors, including "Futile Efforts," By Tom Piccirilli, "Afraid - Tidbits of Terror," by Elizabeth Massie, "The Forgetting Wood," by Steven Savile, "Dark Dixie," by Ronald Kelly and "The Call of Distant Shores," by David Niall Wilson.ABOUT THE AUTHORS: STEVE RASNIC TEM's short fiction has been compared to the work of Franz Kafka, Dino Buzzati, Ray Bradbury, and Raymond Carver, but to quote Joe R. Lansdale: "Steve Rasnic Tem is a school of writing unto himself." His 300 plus published pieces have garnered him a British Fantasy Award, and nominations for the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards. MELANIE TEM's chronicles of the terrors that haunt families and the amazing resilience of the human spirit have collected a Bram Stoker award, a British Fantasy Award, and praise both here and abroad. Stephen King said of her first novel, Prodigal, "spectacular, far better than anything by new writers in the hardcover field." Dan Simmons declared it "A cry from the very heart of the heart of darkness . Melanie Tem may well be the literary successor to Shirley Jackson." From Publishers WeeklyStarred . Stoker and World Fantasy Award–winners Tem and Tem (The Man on the Ceiling) present their first collaborative collection since 1992's Beautiful Strangers. The 21 stories range from reimagining the classic creations of Frankenstein (This Icy Region My Heart Encircles) and Dracula (The Tenth Scholar) to pseudo- autobiographical horror (The Man on the Ceiling). Eschewing blood and gore in favor of dread, Bees from the Hive focuses on lack of control as a character slowly loses his senses, while In Concert demonstrates that the Tems can also evoke powerful feelings of sorrow and beauty. The stories will appeal to those who prefer thoughtful, subtle horror over creepy-crawlies and violence, and though the hefty price tag may deter those who have not already discovered the Tems' fiction, their longtime fans will be thrilled. (May) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.From BooklistIn their separate writing careers, each of the Tems, husband and wife, has produced hundreds of short stories and more than a dozen novels, gleaning several fantasy and horror awards in the process. As collaborators, they've published two more novels and the 21 pieces gathered in this first collection of their coauthored stories. Their exuberant dual creativity has yielded a smorgasbord of jarringly original ideas that cross genres from horror to sf to mainstream fiction. A reporter in “Prosthesis” visits a planet where the aliens satisfy a fetish for earthly things by wearing fake humanoid wigs and limbs. The dark novelette “Bees from the Hive” highlights a common Tem theme—losing control—as an injured man slowly surrenders his senses. The autobiographical “The Man on the Ceiling” probes their domestic, day-to-day fears about accidental calamities symbolized by a dark shape hovering near the ceiling. Tem aficionados will celebrate their rich collaboration, while newcomers to their joint work will enjoy being introduced to two of speculative fiction's most gifted authors. --Carl Hays From Booklist: Their exuberant dual creativity has yielded a smorgasbord of jarringly original ideas that cross genres from horror to sf to mainstream fiction. Tem aficionados will celebrate their rich collaboration, while newcomers to their joint work will enjoy being introduced to two of speculative fiction's most gifted authors. 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