Antisocieties
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- Author：Michael Cisco
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Summary
ANTISOCIETIES is a collection of ten stories about isolation - what it does to people， and what isolated people do to each other and themselves。 An ominously quiet town。 A haunting young adult novel from the turn of the century。 Two starving captives frozen in agony。 A young boy from a doting family。 A man in a cheap Halloween mask。 A succession of portraits of people trapped in their own identities， some of whom insist on their own ideas because they would have nothing at all without them。 People for whom being seen by another is terrifying。 And， like any collection of portraits， ANTISOCIETIES is also a collection of speculative mirrors 。。。
Reviews
Kyle Kresge
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Some very strong entries of unsettling and creeping dread mixed in with some strong premises that don't quite find the story within them imo。 Still a great book for fans of horror in the vein of Ligotti or some of John Langan's short work！ Some very strong entries of unsettling and creeping dread mixed in with some strong premises that don't quite find the story within them imo。 Still a great book for fans of horror in the vein of Ligotti or some of John Langan's short work！ 。。。more
Erik McHatton
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This one was a doozy。 Michael Cisco's Antisocieties is a complex and rewarding collection that， at its core， presents ten studies of loneliness and isolation。 He plays with the idea that each person is trapped within their own head and every personal reality has a chance of becoming a unique and confusing nightmare。 Cisco's ability to give voice to such a varied roster of mad people is astounding and many of these stories will stay with me for a long， long time。 Highly recommend this book if you This one was a doozy。 Michael Cisco's Antisocieties is a complex and rewarding collection that， at its core， presents ten studies of loneliness and isolation。 He plays with the idea that each person is trapped within their own head and every personal reality has a chance of becoming a unique and confusing nightmare。 Cisco's ability to give voice to such a varied roster of mad people is astounding and many of these stories will stay with me for a long， long time。 Highly recommend this book if you enjoy weird fiction， specifically the work of Thomas Ligotti and Jon Padgett。 Standout stories for me were: Stillville， The Starving of Saqqara， Saccade， Antisocieties， and Water Machine。 。。。more
Seb
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"Antisocieties" is the perfect title for Michael Cisco's new collections。 The stories all deal with solitude， alienation and conflicts， whether inner or with the outside world。 But Cisco's genius doesn't lie in the scenarios themselves， nor in their narratives: what makes this stories stand out and reach the point of terrifying perfection is that the invisible enemy， the greatest threat all characters （and the readers） face is contained within language it self， or rather - to be more precise - i "Antisocieties" is the perfect title for Michael Cisco's new collections。 The stories all deal with solitude， alienation and conflicts， whether inner or with the outside world。 But Cisco's genius doesn't lie in the scenarios themselves， nor in their narratives: what makes this stories stand out and reach the point of terrifying perfection is that the invisible enemy， the greatest threat all characters （and the readers） face is contained within language it self， or rather - to be more precise - is language itself。 Language， in Cisco's world is not a mode of communication， but a mode of destruction and revelation， very much in accord with Derrida's deconstruction， for those familiar with it。 Cisco's stories can be read in many ways: as belonging to a genre or genres， as metaphors， as allegories or as meaningful fragments。 All these readings are true， yet none is complete。 As in Derrida， the possible key - which often reveals nothing - is hidden behind the words， behind the sentences， behind the paragraphs。 Also similar to Derrida， there is a metaphysical way of reading "Antisocieties"， in which language in its double reality of "said" and "unsaid" points to a superior （and terrifying） reality that we cannot grasp， but yet is undeniable， as language itself and its ambiguities are undeniable。 Life， fiction and language become liminary， that is to say entwined in such a way that only the unsaid can make us distinguish （slightly） each entity。 A total reading experience and a successful experiment， "Antisocieties" is the best example of what "antigenre" lit should be。 。。。more
Alexander Pyles
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Review to come！
Stewart
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"The Starving of Saqqara" and "The Purlieus" stand FAR ahead of the other works on offer here， which range from compelling exemplars of the weird （"Stillville，" "Milking"） to bland SF fare （"Water Machine，" "Saccade"）。 "The Starving of Saqqara" and "The Purlieus" stand FAR ahead of the other works on offer here， which range from compelling exemplars of the weird （"Stillville，" "Milking"） to bland SF fare （"Water Machine，" "Saccade"）。 。。。more
David
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Yeah， Cisco。 Found myself consistently trying to draw parallels in real life - like all these stories are quasi-parables， or metaphors for the Outsider。 Some are blackly humorous （maybe just me）。 I can’t stop thinking about the last story in the collection “water machine”。 Intriguing stuff。
Char
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A rather short collection of 10 stories， ANTISOCIETIES packs a wallop of unsettling weirdness into its 125 pages。Not going to lie， I have not read anything by Michael Cisco before this。 I see that I own a lot of anthologies in which he is featured but， （story of my life）， I haven't read them yet。 I do know Grimscribe Press and I know they only put out quality work， so when they offered me the chance to read this collection， I took full advantage of the opportunity and here we are。 If you're expe A rather short collection of 10 stories， ANTISOCIETIES packs a wallop of unsettling weirdness into its 125 pages。Not going to lie， I have not read anything by Michael Cisco before this。 I see that I own a lot of anthologies in which he is featured but， （story of my life）， I haven't read them yet。 I do know Grimscribe Press and I know they only put out quality work， so when they offered me the chance to read this collection， I took full advantage of the opportunity and here we are。 If you're expecting a straight up horror collection， you probably should be looking elsewhere。 That's not to say that some of these stories aren't horrific， because they are， but the most common thread among them is。。。uncertainty。I'm not going to talk about all the stories， but I will talk about the ones that made the biggest impression on me。 INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK: When a man goes to live with his grandmother， he familiarizes himself with her small tight-knit community。 Soon thereafter， he spots a man wearing a mask。 Who is he？ What's up with the mask？ I found this tale disconcerting and still find myself thinking about it and at this point， I read it almost a month ago。 MILKING was my second favorite story here。 A boy living in a beach house， where his parents are always quiet and there is always a glass of milk waiting for him on the table in the morning。 Here， we have another story that has had lingering effects on my brain because （view spoiler）[ What are these people milking？？？？ （hide spoiler）]THE STARVING OF SAQQARA I don't even know what was going on here， but it was a compelling tale of a man in search of a sculpture/statue that disappeared。 SACCADE: My favorite of the collection！ For me， this story was the pinnacle of unnerving。 I'll admit that I was unfamiliar with the word saccade， so I looked it up， （though the narrator of this tale provides a definition as well。） This is what I found。 SACCADE: a rapid movement of the eye between fixation points。 What if your eyesight was so keen that you could see letters in that tiny blur between the letters that are actually printed？ Yeah， think on that unsettling little thought for a moment。 I don't know。。。for whatever reason just the thought of that creeped me out。 All of the stories here were good， but for me， the ones I've listed above were the standouts。 Not all of the narratives had a clear point of beginning and end， or cause and effect; which is why I said above if you're looking for uncomplicated straightforward horror tales， this volume might not be for you。 But if you enjoy the type of tale that you leaves you unsettled， disconcerted， and thinking about certain aspects and characters， turning them over and over in your mind？ This is ABSOLUTELY the book for you！ Highly recommended to fans of Weird Tales！Available May 15th， 2021。*Thank you to Grimscribe Press for the paperback ARC of this book in exchange for my honest feedback。 This is it！* 。。。more
Lou
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One morning I woke up and I lived in a world conjured from antisocieties。Then I realised I was in a dream when I did actually wake up。Characters young and old， inquisitors entering terrifying thresholds and minutes， transitions， a metamorphosis with strange weird haunting aspects， there are prisms of living contained， speculative deciphering awaiting the reader with clear readable prose with a fews tales needing a reread to comprehend the art present in these works。Withholding and revealing the One morning I woke up and I lived in a world conjured from antisocieties。Then I realised I was in a dream when I did actually wake up。Characters young and old， inquisitors entering terrifying thresholds and minutes， transitions， a metamorphosis with strange weird haunting aspects， there are prisms of living contained， speculative deciphering awaiting the reader with clear readable prose with a fews tales needing a reread to comprehend the art present in these works。Withholding and revealing the conjurer takes you on many journeys， interloping with the real and surreal intertwined， obscurities and complexities vividly laid down with psychological potency。There has been mention of the author Kafka like from readers， these shorts， my first reading of his works， I would add maybe Kafka with Camus and Jose Saramago kind of styled writing。Brief words on stories contained:Intentionally Left Blank:A brief encounter with a different looking big person on a weekend break。Milking:A young inquisitive soul， Lucas and his dog Smokey， at home with parents。 A case of a strange smell in an unused room。Stillville:I join you too in stillness。First person narrative man lives in stillness and works too。My Hand of Glory:Did you get a Hand of Glory for ChristmasMain character tells he did and more。I am getting one， it’s in the post。The Starving of Saqqara:One tells of a statue in a museum and it the missing of it。The Purlieus:Ones love for snowy。 And there is a beast。Saccade:Discourse on state of saccadic being。Antisocieties:It’s a cold November day。There is an administrator a park one person on each bench and a river void of birds in the air the show is about to begin and thus forth Cisco takes you。Oneiropaths:Dreams and special dreams talk。Water Machine:A case of the water machine。Also @ https://www。more2read。com/review/antisocieties-by-michael-cisco/ 。。。more
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