The Velvet discussion

Post your pre-read thoughts on The Ones That Got Away by Stephen Graham Jones, here.

I was lucky enough to do a proof-read of this collection. Quite a good bit of the stories I'd read before. The first, Father, Son, Holy Rabbit was just as devastating as the version published in Cemetery Dance. I sought out a copy of New Genre 6 when Lonegan's Luck came out. Wolf Island, though streamlined a little bit in the collection, was as wonderful a werewolf story as any I'd read. I couldn't help but fall in love with many of the stories I hadn't gotten too, such as Captain's Lament absolutely perfect twist on a certain urban legend, and The Meat Tree, which is possibly the most dense and personal story contained here. Really, I haven't done much participation in the discussions, but I loved my initial, fevered read of this collection, so I'm sure I'll be chiming in a bit here. I guess you could say I fall easy for Stephen's style, how things are so simple on the surface level but can fall into the sublime.

Ditto all of that, Deal.

I'm still waiting on my copy. Of course, I haven't ordered it yet, so that could be why it hasn't arrived yet.

Right. Would love to participate, but it'll be a while before I get around to this one, having just read two of his books back-to-back and trying to diversify.