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Remove the Eyes
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"Tired of the usual suspects? Bored with the same old genre clichés? Then follow my advice and read Ralph Robert Moore, a hell of a writer whose work is provocative and refreshing, never ordinary, always imaginative and graced by a compelling narrative style…Moore has all the features of a great writer: he conceives original plots, creates credible characters and makes them speak plausible dialogues, and, most of all, is a terrific storyteller. Try him, you won't regret it."
--Mario Guslandi, from a review of Remove the Eyes on Hell Notes.
"…[Moore's] work is not quite like that of anybody else. He is a true original, someone who has taken on board the lessons of genre and mainstream, then harnessed both to his own ends, and if you are looking for something different, then I can't recommend this collection highly enough."
--Peter Tennant, from a review of Remove the Eyes in issue 14 of Black Static.
"Unusual, erotic, frightening and stunningly good…This collection showcases the wide and versatile range of [Moore's] work. From the horrors of the internal demons that infest the wonderful "The Machine of a Religious Man" to the powerful and erotic, yet despairing "Rocketship Apartment", these stories capture the extremes of human experience. The writing is tight and uncompromising. The dialogue provides depth to the narrative, drawing the reader into shocking and unusual scenarios that stun, remaining in the memory long afterwards."
--Trevor Denyer, from a review of Remove the Eyes in issue 13 of Midnight Street.
Longlisted for Best Short Story Collection of 2009 by the British Fantasy Society.
Honorable Mentions by Ellen Datlow to "My First Kiss" and "Like an Animal in a Hole" in Best Horror of the Year, Volume Two (2009).
My new short story collection, Remove the Eyes, is now available as a trade paperback and ebook. Please go here for ordering information.
Remove the Eyes is my first short story collection.
The collection consists of nine stories.
I wanted a mix of stories that had already been published, as well as stories that have never before appeared in print.
Above all, I wanted stories that flowed together, thematically. And I wanted each story to be a strong story. I didn't want any filler.
I had over seventy published and unpublished stories of mine from which to choose.
Here's the line-up:
AFTER HERE. 2,300 words. Never before published. Tom is eating his lunch in a crowded pubic square in Portland, Maine when a pretty young woman comes up to him and asks if he'd like to play a game.
THE WOMAN IN THE WALLS. 7,000 words. Originally published in the anthology, Darkness Rising 2005. A girl Jack meets in a San Francisco bar invites him to come home with her, but warns him there's an incredibly obese woman who lives in the walls of her apartment.
THE MACHINE OF A RELIGIOUS MAN. 8,000 words. Originally published in Midnight Street. Anthologized in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, edited by Ellen Datlow. Nominated as Best Short Story of the Year in the 2006 British Fantasy Society Awards. Bonay races in a car through the desert highways of New Mexico, trying to help his friend Gordon, who's crying in the back seat.
STRANGERS WEAR MASKS OF YOUR FACE. 15,400 words. Originally published in Theaker's Quarterly. Philip pretends to still be asleep in the middle of the night in his northern Wisconsin apartment, as strangers with knives gather around his bed.
MY FIRST KISS. 10,000 words. Never before published. A boy and girl who like to break into other people's houses for fun find themselves faced-down by an old woman with a shot gun when they break into a castle that's been transported stone-by-stone to Connecticut.
STEAKS IN THE CITY. 7,000 words. Never before published. Warren sucks up huge amounts of booze and drugs, then goes driving into Dallas to find his lost love.
THIS MOMENT OF BRILLIANCE. 9,500 words. Originally published in Lullaby Hearse. Ed, a wet work specialist, goes a little bit crazy in the Maine to Florida corridor while he's searching for a man with a secret.
LIKE AN ANIMAL IN A HOLE. 10,600 words. Never before published. David and Nell visit the Seattle town home of Nell's dead brother, trying to figure out how he died.
ROCKETSHIP APARTMENT. 7,700 words. Originally published in Midnight Street. Kevin meets Carla at a Los Angeles laundromat, and gets drawn into her plan to travel to the next galaxy.
The trade paperback is $18.00. The ebook download is $6.25.
Remove the Eyes is available through the printer, lulu.com. You can order the trade paperback or the ebook download by going to my storefront.
Lulu accepts all major credit cards and PayPal, and ships to most countries.
You can also order the trade paperback by going to Amazon, Amazon UK, Barnes and Noble, and a number of other online venues, using the search term "remove the eyes". Remove the Eyes can also be ordered through virtually any bricks and mortar bookstore.
The ISBN for Remove the Eyes is 978-0-557-06893-7.
If you like my novel Father Figure, or my writings in general, you're going to love Remove the Eyes.
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