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A Killing Rain and Other Stories
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Raymond Mort is a killer --- make no mistake --- but the lives he takes don't fulfill a murderers bloodlust quite as much as they work to keep him happy and occupied in the strange, make-believe world he's self-manufactured out of sheer madness. In doing so, Raymond tries to snuff out the pain of loneliness and desperation of a tormented early childhood, which remains a sad part of him for the duration of his life. A killer, yes, but in reading this shocking tale, you may feel more pity welling within you than vengeance. Other stories in the book prove to be rooted in the deep, dark well of human psyche and pathos, but at times --- as in the last tale of a super-intelligent cat named 'Carl' --- the author switches moods and takes us to a place in which most adults have long since left behind them, but with one agonizing question left unanswered... Are we really who we think we are, or could there exist some other force --- much greater then we --- compelling us to do the things we do? Read on, and find out.
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Pages 244
Dimensions: Length: 8.2" Width: 5.5" Height: 0.7"
Weight: 0.65 lbs.
Binding Softcover
Release Date May 30, 2005
ISBN 1598240218
EAN 9781598240214
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 | A Killing Rain Aug 28, 2007 |
A collection of tales where author Reid Laurence takes the reader into the minds of characters who see the world differently than we do. Weird tales that put me in mind of the old comic Tales From the Crypt.
In A Killing Rain, for instance, you'll meet Ray who has a strange appetite and an even stranger way of keep friends.
Or in Decerebrated, how deeply involved in a murder case can Lieutenant Edgar Grave become involved? Will he identify a killer?
Recommended reading for one of those dark and stormy nights when you are alone to get the full experience of these tales. You may not sleep without a light after reading them. Stories guaranteed to give you the willies.
| | |  | Synopsis: Aug 17, 2005 |
Raymond Mort is a killer - make no mistake - but the lives he takes don't fulfill a murderers bloodlust quite as much as they work to keep him happy and occupied in the strange, make-believe world he's self-manufactured out of sheer madness. In doing so, Raymond tries to snuff out the pain of loneliness and desperation of a tormented early childhood, which remains a sad part of him for the duration of his life. A killer, yes, but in reading this shocking tale, you may feel more pity welling within you than vengeance.
Other stories in the book prove to be rooted in the deep, dark well of human psyche and pathos, but at times - as in the last tale of a super-intelligent cat named 'Carl' - the author switches moods and takes us to a place in which most adults have long since left behind them, but with one agonizing question left unanswered... Are we really who we think we are, or could there exist some other force - much greater then we - compelling us to do the things we do? Read on, and find out. | | | | Explanation By The Author Jul 25, 2005 |
As the author of the book, I wanted to write a little about just what the story means to me. The lead character is of course, not the kind of person you'd want to know - at least, not for very long. He is a combination of killers that I read about before I began the work and some of his murderous habits would be repellent to any normal person, but as I began to write the story out, several questions in my mind took hold... will Raymond (the killers first name), pay for his hideous crimes here, in this life? Will he pay in the next? Perhaps he falls through the cracks of justice - manmade or otherwise - and never pays at all, while some of the lives he touches through his deeds become wrecked - as I tried to show in a passage when Raymond meets the only surviving member of a once happy family whose burden it becomes to spend each day in living hell, a hell provided by Raymond, who meets this man coincidentally on an elevated train and thinks nothing of the result of his vile actions.
This irony I faced myself with became part of the momentum for writing the story and although I've raised these questions I cannot, in all truth to myself and to the public at large, say that I can answer them as well. I hope that many of you have more luck with these resolutions than I have had and I invite you to read the work and to arrive at your own personal conclusions. You can visit my web site if you like at: www.reidlaurence.piczo.com. Thank you, Reid Laurence. | | | | Explanation By The Author Jul 25, 2005 |
As the author of the book, I wanted to write a little about just what the story means to me. The lead character is of course, not the kind of person you'd want to know - at least, not for very long. He is a combination of killers that I read about before I began the work and some of his murderous habits would be repellent to any normal person, but as I began to write the story out, several questions in my mind took hold... will Raymond (the killers first name), pay for his hideous crimes here, in this life? Will he pay in the next? Perhaps he falls through the cracks of justice - manmade or otherwise - and never pays at all, while some of the lives he touches through his deeds become wrecked - as I tried to show in a passage when Raymond meets the only surviving member of a once happy family whose burden it becomes to spend each day in living hell, a hell provided by Raymond, who meets this man coincidentally on an elevated train and thinks nothing of the result of his vile actions.
This irony I faced myself with became part of the momentum for writing the story and although I've raised these questions I cannot, in all truth to myself and to the public at large, say that I can answer them as well. I hope that many of you have more luck with these resolutions than I have had, and I invite you to read the work and to arrive at your own personal conclusions. You can visit my web site if you like at: www.reidlaurence.piczo.com. Thank you, Reid Laurence. | | | Write your own review about A Killing Rain and Other Stories
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