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"Some writers one admirers and others make one want to do as they do, or try. For me, Joe Pulver is of the latter type. His imagination is so vile so much of the time that it makes me giggle with amazement. And the prose so deadly visionary. I'm grateful that the pieces in this collection are those of a fellow horror writer who has raised the ante on what it means to be such a creature." - Thomas Ligotti
„It was Them. Their small minds. Timid, afraid. Afraid to reach out and touch something new. Or in the case of his translations, something old. To rediscover that which was lost.“ [The Prisoner, J.S. Pulver Sr.]
First of all let me say, that I am not that much into short stories. I find it hard to get into the mood of a story or to get a grip on a person when I’m left with no more than 2 and a half pages of story.
Or so I thought until I came across Joseph Pulver’s „Blood will have its Season“.
Mr. Pulver has the rare talent of drawing one into the story in a matter of seconds. His heroes, or rather villains give the reader the feeling of knowing them - knowing what they have endured, understanding what made them into what they are and just why they do ... well, what they do.
Inbetween the lines Mr. Pulver touches on other works of fiction by Chalmers, Lovecraft or Bloch just as casually as one might expect from a seasoned writer, yet those slight touches add new ideas and vistas to those other universes. Never does one feel like reading things that have been written before and that have just been re-arranged. There is a new touch and feeling to everything and one usually realizes the connection only after reading the story and wondering why this feels so familiar.
If you’re having a weakness for the bad guys, than Mr. Pulver certainly offers more than a fair share of such characters. The occasional abuse of victims, ladies, gentlemen or the necrophile moments may need a moment to get used to, but there is a reason the W.H. Pugmire refers to Mr. Pulver with the words „Joe Pulver is a dark star in the merciless cosmos of weird fiction. His work is as brutal as it beautiful.“
The, at times very graphic description of a murder (or rape) and other topics leaves the reader stunned. Personally, I have been most willing to be let astray, to be fascinated, bound and gagged along with the helpless victims. I have feasted with the heroes and have delved with them into their darkest desires. Be warned, you will find yourself most willing to come along at another starlit walk - and you will find that Joseph Pulver leaves you standing in the dark - or may push you over the edge into another bloody nightmare.
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Blood Will Have Its Season by Joseph S. Pulver
LadyLovecraft, September 14, 2009
"Some writers one admirers and others make one want to do as they do, or try. For me, Joe Pulver is of the latter type. His imagination is so vile so much of the time that it makes me giggle with amazement. And the prose so deadly visionary. I'm grateful that the pieces in this collection are those of a fellow horror writer who has raised the ante on what it means to be such a creature." - Thomas LigottiBlood Will Have Its Season by Joseph S. Pulver
LadyLovecraft, August 18, 2009
„It was Them. Their small minds. Timid, afraid. Afraid to reach out and touch something new. Or in the case of his translations, something old. To rediscover that which was lost.“ [The Prisoner, J.S. Pulver Sr.]First of all let me say, that I am not that much into short stories. I find it hard to get into the mood of a story or to get a grip on a person when I’m left with no more than 2 and a half pages of story.
Or so I thought until I came across Joseph Pulver’s „Blood will have its Season“.
Mr. Pulver has the rare talent of drawing one into the story in a matter of seconds. His heroes, or rather villains give the reader the feeling of knowing them - knowing what they have endured, understanding what made them into what they are and just why they do ... well, what they do.
Inbetween the lines Mr. Pulver touches on other works of fiction by Chalmers, Lovecraft or Bloch just as casually as one might expect from a seasoned writer, yet those slight touches add new ideas and vistas to those other universes. Never does one feel like reading things that have been written before and that have just been re-arranged. There is a new touch and feeling to everything and one usually realizes the connection only after reading the story and wondering why this feels so familiar.
If you’re having a weakness for the bad guys, than Mr. Pulver certainly offers more than a fair share of such characters. The occasional abuse of victims, ladies, gentlemen or the necrophile moments may need a moment to get used to, but there is a reason the W.H. Pugmire refers to Mr. Pulver with the words „Joe Pulver is a dark star in the merciless cosmos of weird fiction. His work is as brutal as it beautiful.“
The, at times very graphic description of a murder (or rape) and other topics leaves the reader stunned. Personally, I have been most willing to be let astray, to be fascinated, bound and gagged along with the helpless victims. I have feasted with the heroes and have delved with them into their darkest desires. Be warned, you will find yourself most willing to come along at another starlit walk - and you will find that Joseph Pulver leaves you standing in the dark - or may push you over the edge into another bloody nightmare.
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