Nothing Untoward
Stories from "The Pumpkin Pie Show"
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2017
Applause Theatre Book Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4950-6104-2 (ISBN)
Applause Theatre Book Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4950-6104-2 (ISBN)
NOTHING UNTOWARD: STORIES FROM THE PUMPKIN PIE SHOW
In ÊRest AreaÊ Clay McLeod Chapman offered a view into the lives of Southern Gothic monstrosities. Now the 40 tales of ÊNothing UntowardÊ delve into the depraved minds of those madmen and women who drift along the periphery of humankind. Sometimes darkly humorous sometimes strangely heartbreaking these stories explore the domestic horrors of the everyday finding terror within our own households.ÞHaunting and hilarious these sharply tuned diatribes are more than simple horror stories in the traditional sense. These offbeat psychological portraits are presented from the perspectives of the very monsters themselves. The heroes of these tales are murderers loners and drifters.ÞSpanning over 20 years of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show the tales collected here are to be read out loud ä or to yourself if you're brave enough. The oral tradition is alive and well with these stories captured on the page for you to share around the campfire or flip through in bed late at night. These are ghost stories for people who don't believe in ghosts haunted by their own crumbling minds and wounded hearts.ÞA perfect mixture of tongue-and-cheek gallows humor psychological terror and character-based storytelling ÊNothing Untoward: Stories from The Pumpkin Pie Show Ê focuses on the darker side of domesticity and won't let go.
In ÊRest AreaÊ Clay McLeod Chapman offered a view into the lives of Southern Gothic monstrosities. Now the 40 tales of ÊNothing UntowardÊ delve into the depraved minds of those madmen and women who drift along the periphery of humankind. Sometimes darkly humorous sometimes strangely heartbreaking these stories explore the domestic horrors of the everyday finding terror within our own households.ÞHaunting and hilarious these sharply tuned diatribes are more than simple horror stories in the traditional sense. These offbeat psychological portraits are presented from the perspectives of the very monsters themselves. The heroes of these tales are murderers loners and drifters.ÞSpanning over 20 years of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show the tales collected here are to be read out loud ä or to yourself if you're brave enough. The oral tradition is alive and well with these stories captured on the page for you to share around the campfire or flip through in bed late at night. These are ghost stories for people who don't believe in ghosts haunted by their own crumbling minds and wounded hearts.ÞA perfect mixture of tongue-and-cheek gallows humor psychological terror and character-based storytelling ÊNothing Untoward: Stories from The Pumpkin Pie Show Ê focuses on the darker side of domesticity and won't let go.
CLAY MCLEOD CHAPMAN (Brooklyn, NY) is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show. His previous publications include Rest Area, Miss Corpus, and The Tribe trilogy Homeroom Headhunters, Camp Cannibal, and Academic Assassins (Disney). His films include The Boy (SXSW 2015), Henley (Sundance 2012), and Late Bloomer (Sundance 2005). Theater: Commencement and Hostage Song (with Kyle Jarrow). Comics: Edge of Spider-Verse, The Avengers, The Amazing Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, Vertigo Quarterly: SFX, and Self Storage. Chapman is a writing instructor at the Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 16.02.2017 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Applause Books |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 141 x 189 mm |
| Gewicht | 408 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Dramatik / Theater |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4950-6104-3 / 1495061043 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4950-6104-2 / 9781495061042 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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