Deze auteur, bekend om zijn suggestieve en huiveringwekkende stijl, specialiseert zich in de genres horror en thriller. Zijn werken duiken vaak in de donkerdere aspecten van de menselijke psyche en onderzoeken de spanning tussen het moderne leven en oeroude krachten. Met een meesterlijke beheersing van tempo en sfeer trekt hij lezers mee in spannende verhalen die nog lang na de laatste pagina blijven hangen. Zijn schrijfstijl wordt gekenmerkt door rauwe energie en het vermogen om een diep gevoel van onbehagen op te roepen.
In this thriller, a religious extremist is about to hold the world at ransom. A televangelist with a background in germ warfare has a mission to unleash a deadly virus that will wipe out half the human race, unless his demands are met. Only a fugitive can stop them.
When Mick Frasier, a young wannabe rock star, saves an elderly man from being kidnapped, his horizons expand with dazzling rapidity. But more than one group of violent men are after Dr Lugner, and Mick finds himself caught up in a deadly manhunt to possess the formula for a powerful new drug.
Witty, ironic, and poignant, the short stories by Alan Blackwood draw inspiration from real people, places, and events. Each vignette stands alone, featuring a clever twist that adds depth to the narrative. These concise pieces offer a refreshing escape for busy individuals seeking to indulge in quality writing without a significant time commitment.
In his novel Writer’s Cramp, and Pot Shots, hisfirst collection of short stories, Alan Blackwoodalready displayed a great gift for brevity andeconomy of words. In Snap Shots , he hashoned this gift to perfection. These are notshort stories as such but sketches of characters,places and situations, brought vividly to life bya microscopic eye for what is just enough andnot a single word more. The fact that nearlyall are based on the author’s own experiencesbrings them into even sharper focus. Suchgem-like pieces, funny or sad or somewhere inbetween, are something quite new in the realmof the written word.‘Alan Blackwood’s short stories arelike novels condensed to a single page,tantalising, evocative, poignant.’John Carey, Emeritus Professor ofEnglish Literature, Oxford University.
This new collection of pieces by Alan Blackwood can hardly be called short stories; they are gem-like concentrations or distillations of a series of images erotic, sad, darkly humorous, that Alan calls 'vignettes.' They will have the reader turning compulsively from page to page to find out what on earth he's going to come up with next. It's literature in a world of its own.