They Don't Come Home Anymore: A Novella

[T.E. Grau]

Real-Time Review from TLO's own Des Lewis.

[Mr. Veech]

Quote Originally Posted by T.E. Grau

Real-Time Review from TLO's own Des Lewis.

I loved They Don't Come Home Anymore. I'd like to see a review of Triptych as well. I haven't found anything about the latter yet. Perhaps I'm simply thick.

I must say that the cover art for both The Nameless Dark and They Don't Come Home Anymore are phenomenal. Regardless of what people say, a book's cover image is important.

[Nemonymous]

Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Veech

Quote Originally Posted by T.E. Grau Real-Time Review from TLO's own Des Lewis. I loved They Don't Come Home Anymore. I'd like to see a review of Triptych as well. I haven't found anything about the latter yet. Perhaps I'm simply thick. I must say that the cover art for both The Nameless Dark and They Don't Come Home Anymore are phenomenal. Regardless of what people say, a book's cover image is important.

Do you know where I can buy TRIPTYCH from? Not heard of it.

[Lord Jim]

Triptych is an e-book bonus when TDCHA was pre-ordered direct from This Is Horror...containing 'Flutes’, ‘In The Cave, She Sang’ and ‘Low Hanging Clouds’.
Pre-order They Don This Is Horror

[Nemonymous]

Quote Originally Posted by Lord Jim

Triptych is an e-book bonus when TDCHA was pre-ordered direct from This Is Horror...containing 'Flutes’, ‘In The Cave, She Sang’ and ‘Low Hanging Clouds’. Pre-order They Don This Is Horror

Ah, thanks. I bought TDCHA from Amazon UK.

[njhorror]

Quote Originally Posted by Lord Jim

Triptych is an e-book bonus when TDCHA was pre-ordered direct from This Is Horror...containing 'Flutes’, ‘In The Cave, She Sang’ and ‘Low Hanging Clouds’. Pre-order They Don This Is Horror

[T.E. Grau]

Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Veech

Quote Originally Posted by T.E. Grau Real-Time Review from TLO's own Des Lewis. I loved They Don't Come Home Anymore. I'd like to see a review of Triptych as well. I haven't found anything about the latter yet. Perhaps I'm simply thick. I must say that the cover art for both The Nameless Dark and They Don't Come Home Anymore are phenomenal. Regardless of what people say, a book's cover image is important.

I'm glad you enjoyed the novella, Mr. Veech, and thank you for the kind words re: the covers. My wife selected and designed both, and I'm quite proud of them, as I, too, think that covers are incredibly important, and sometimes oddly overlooked or undervalued in genre fiction.

[T.E. Grau]

Anyone interested in reading Triptych: Three Cosmic Tales can drop me a PM, or shoot me an e-mail at thecosmicomicon@yahoo.com, and we'll work something out.

[Mr. Veech]

Quote Originally Posted by T.E. Grau

Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Veech Quote Originally Posted by T.E. Grau Real-Time Review from TLO's own Des Lewis. I loved They Don't Come Home Anymore. I'd like to see a review of Triptych as well. I haven't found anything about the latter yet. Perhaps I'm simply thick. I must say that the cover art for both The Nameless Dark and They Don't Come Home Anymore are phenomenal. Regardless of what people say, a book's cover image is important. I'm glad you enjoyed the novella, Mr. Veech, and thank you for the kind words re: the covers. My wife selected and designed both, and I'm quite proud of them, as I, too, think that covers are incredibly important, and sometimes oddly overlooked or undervalued in genre fiction.

The old adage that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover is true in the long run. As for the short-term, I feel they're incredibly important. To dismiss them as superficial is disrespectful to those who work hard on such covers.

[njhorror]

I enjoyed it, but I felt that it missed the mark. It probably would have been better fleshed out to a full sized novel. In fact, I could easily see it as the prologue to a much longer series of YA "gal/buddy" stories.

The relationship between Hettie, and her "girl crush", Avery, doesn't really start to form, except in Hettie's mind, until the very end of the book. Avery is not who Hettie thinks she is, but that doesn't seem to matter in the long run, especially since circumstances have changed.

I was never quite sure where I stood while reading this book, because it defies categorization. It was easy to identify with the teenage angst presented, but at times it came off as an unrealistic reason for the alienation exhibited by the main characters. Hettie is a sincere and sympathetic character, and her isolation came off as genuine. She voluntarily goes through a honing of her sharper edges, and comes out a more confident and changed individual. There's plenty of room to reincarnate some of the antagonists from this story into a future series, and there is a well of interesting material from which to draw.

I enjoy T. E. Grau's writing and look forward to future offerings.