From the author of Borne and Annihilation comes the paperback reissue of his cult classic Shriek: An Afterword.
An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambergris--previously chronicled in Jeff VanderMeer's acclaimed City of Saints and Madmen--Shriek: An Afterword relates the scandalous, heartbreaking, and horrifying secret history of two squabbling siblings and their confidantes, protectors, and enemies.
Narrated with flamboyant intensity and under increasingly urgent conditions by the ex-society figure Janice Shriek, this afterword presents a vivid gallery of characters and events, emphasizing the adventures of Janice's brother Duncan, a historian obsessed with a doomed love affair and a secret that may kill or transform him; a war between rival publishing houses that will change Ambergris forever; and the gray caps, a marginalized people armed with advanced fungal technologies, who have been waiting underground for their chance to mold the future of the city.
After reading this introduction to the Family Shriek--part academic treatise, part tell-all biography--you'll never look at history in quite the same way.
Jeff VanderMeer is an author, editor, and literary critic.
Still have five boxes of Shriek: An Afterword hardcovers. The one novel of mine that both legit tanked and also it's my best book if continued emails from readers are any indication. Lot of weddings using lines from it, which is hilarious since I cribbed from Jewish prayer books. https://t.co/oRsbgEuYTS
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…the thought occurred to me that although we might be traveling to a new place, we were still bringing the past with us. – Jeff VanderMeer, Ambergris: Shriek: An Afterword