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The Talosite
It's 1916, during the First World War, in an alternate world where resurrection is possible. Anne Markham, the daughter of a celebrated neurologist, is reusing the bodies of the dead, combining them into new forms and sending them back into combat, building creatures so complex, and so enormous, that they can encompass all of the fallen.
It's not life as you or I live it. It's not pain or thought as we know it. It's a different order of existence, and what arises is no longer man. They're all dead, but dead doesn't always mean what it used to. All flesh has an afterlife. And from that perspective, are we not angels, ushering them from one form to the next?
He was made of copper wire and electrical sparks and aethereal fluid and hyphae ... emerging in the mist of dawn.
Book Details
- Publisher: Undertow Publications
- Publish Date: Oct 4th, 2022
- Pages: 134
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.50in - 5.50in - 0.31in - 0.39lb
- EAN: 9781988964409
- Categories: • Horror - General• Science Fiction - Genetic Engineering• Historical - 20th Century - World War I
About the Author
More books by Rebecca Campbell
What people are saying
He/him. Pan. Sarcastic IT misanthrope who loves people. 50% Coffee, fan of Horror, Holmes, Noir & Cthulhu mythos. Runner. Possession (1981) fan account.
Started @canadianist’s The Talosite from the always excellent @UndertowPubs and wow, this writing is A++! By far the most original alternate WWI tale I’ve encountered. https://t.co/KxF7XvhygD
2X Splatterpunk-Nominated Author of Mastodon, Father of Lies & Churn the Soil. Active HWA Member. Husband/Dad. He/Him 🇨🇦
Book Review: 'The Talosite' by @canadianist is a phenomenal Historical Re-imagining where we see the levels a mind will go, in search for progress within the body. Outstanding work. https://t.co/An95Pk0APR
Novels Wendy, Darling & Hooked. The Ghost Sequences collection. Sunburst winner. Nebula, World Fantasy, BFA, Stoker, Locus, Ignyte & Aurora finalist. (she/her)
I blurbed The Talosite by @canadianist and a lovely copy arrived in the mail today. Just look at that gorgeous cover, inside and out! It's a wonderful, unsettling bit of body horror and alternate history. Treat yourself to your own copy! https://t.co/izD8SUNK0n
Praise for this book
Praise for The Talosite
"Rebecca Campbell's novella The Talosite is further proof she is a supremely gifted writer. She's invented a strange, dark, compelling, and poignant alternative world in which the dead can be resurrected. An absolute must read!"- Paula Guran, Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
"An intricate false history of World War 1, an emotional and stylish reimagining of Frankenstein and centuries of reanimation legends, The Talosite fixedly explores the unfathomability of both love and mass death."
- Naben Ruthnum, Author of Helpmeet, and A Hero of Our Time.
"Campbell captures the perfect voice in this deftly-crafted alternate history that explores both wonders and horrors and the blurred space where the two bleed into one. A tale of science and war that is at once fantastical and frightening for how plausible it feels. A meticulously-built alternate history set against the backdrop of WWI, weaving in dark and fantastic elements that bring to mind the classic science fictional horror of Mary Shelley. Classic and timeless."
- A.C. Wise, Author of Wendy, Darling, and The Ghost Sequences.
Praise for The Paradise Engine
"[a] mystifying story that melds the Vaudeville era of Vancouver history with contemporary Vancouver. "
BC Bookworld
"Rebecca Campbell brings intelligence and mystery to this strange indie tale. "
Thomas Hodd, Telegraph-Journal
"What The Paradise Engine invites us to consider is the form, the meaning, and the price of going on. Immortality, the story warns us, always demands a sacrifice. "
Jennifer Quist, The Rusty Toque
What people are saying
He/him. Pan. Sarcastic IT misanthrope who loves people. 50% Coffee, fan of Horror, Holmes, Noir & Cthulhu mythos. Runner. Possession (1981) fan account.
Started @canadianist’s The Talosite from the always excellent @UndertowPubs and wow, this writing is A++! By far the most original alternate WWI tale I’ve encountered. https://t.co/KxF7XvhygD
2X Splatterpunk-Nominated Author of Mastodon, Father of Lies & Churn the Soil. Active HWA Member. Husband/Dad. He/Him 🇨🇦
Book Review: 'The Talosite' by @canadianist is a phenomenal Historical Re-imagining where we see the levels a mind will go, in search for progress within the body. Outstanding work. https://t.co/An95Pk0APR