Earlier this year, Cemetery Dance published the first of two posthumous releases from author Alan Peter Ryan, who died in 2011. That novella, Amazonas, was an atmospheric creeper about obsession and madness. In Cemetery Dance’s follow-up, The Back of Beyond, Ryan gives us four stories that further showcase his effortless storytelling ability, stories that are grounded and relatable even as they take us through the darkest recesses of the human heart.
The first of those stories, “Sexual Exploration is a Crime,” is an almost breezy travelogue about a man named Jerry, the nondescript owner of a landscaping business who’s mired in an ordinary, vanilla existence. Jerry’s never really felt compelled to change course, until a chance meeting with the son of a client opens his eyes to a world of unexplored possibilities. Phil is about to embark on a trip to Brazil, a place he visits several times a year,...
The first of those stories, “Sexual Exploration is a Crime,” is an almost breezy travelogue about a man named Jerry, the nondescript owner of a landscaping business who’s mired in an ordinary, vanilla existence. Jerry’s never really felt compelled to change course, until a chance meeting with the son of a client opens his eyes to a world of unexplored possibilities. Phil is about to embark on a trip to Brazil, a place he visits several times a year,...
- 9/24/2012
- by Blu Gilliand
- FEARnet
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