Michael Barnes
I have read many lists of well-regarded horror many feature Kathe Koja's debut novel The Cipher (which was going to be called The Funhole but the publishers said no) Her language conjures words and phrases that are at turns poetic and grotesque. Her feel for language is truly impressive. The Funhole, a portal to another dimension in the utility closet of his rundown apartment building that while visible to any who look at it only truly becomes miraculous when our protagonist Nicholas is present. He with his on-again off-again girlfriend Nakota begin to put things in the "Funhole" only to have them returned different.
Nicholas attracts others, accreting them and his descent into visual hallucinations and madness is as horrible as the bizarre purification of the wound in his hand that is linked to the funhole.
I have read many lists of well-regarded horror many feature Kathe Koja's debut novel The Cipher (which was going to be called The Funhole but the publishers said no) Her language conjures words and phrases that are at turns poetic and grotesque. Her feel for language is truly impressive. The Funhole, a portal to another dimension in the utility closet of his rundown apartment building that while visible to any who look at it only truly becomes miraculous when our protagonist Nicholas is present. He with his on-again off-again girlfriend Nakota begin to put things in the "Funhole" only to have them returned different.
Nicholas attracts others, accreting them and his descent into visual hallucinations and madness is as horrible as the bizarre purification of the wound in his hand that is linked to the funhole.