A review by killa_bunnies
A Collapse of Horses by Brian Evenson

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A collection of Evenson’s short stories is a tour-de-force of psychological horrors. Great collection of imagination and paranoia, wrong thoughts and obsessions. Some stories feel gogolian in a way they pretend to be something else, some are just bizarre absurdities (bodies falling from the sky), some are lovecraftian in the depiction of the creeping madness. An exploration of an obsession taken to an extreme, to a collapse of one's mind. The stories are very different, but the emphasis on the psychological side of characters, the inner worlds, obsession, paranoia and other manifestations of a decaying mind is the thin line tying them all together. Highly recommend it to your attention!