Dreams and Shadows
Author(s): C. Robert Cargill
In the debut novel DREAMSTUFF, screenwriter and noted film critic C. Robert Cargill takes us beyond the veil, through the lives of Ewan and Colby, young men whose spirits have been enmeshed with the otherworld from a young age. This brilliantly crafted narrative ? part Neil Gaiman, part Guillermo Del Torro, part William Burroughs - follows the boys from their star-crossed adolescences to their haunted adulthoods. Cargill?s tour-de-force takes us inside the Limestone Kingdom, a parallel universe where whisky swilling genies and foul mouthed wizards argue over the state of the metaphysical realm. Having left the spirit world and returned to the human world, Ewan and Colby discover that the creatures from this previous life have not forgotten them, and that fate can never be sidestepped. With sensitivity and hopeful examination, Cargill illuminates a supernatural culture that all too eerily resembles our own. Set in a richly imagined and constructed world, complete with its own richly detailed history and mythology, DREAMSTUFF is a deeply engaging story about two extraordinary boys becoming men.
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A superb contemporary debut fantasy, a dreamlike yet visceral journey through a Faerie land like no other.
Cargill has written for Ain't it Cool News for nearly 10 years under the pseudonym Massawyrm, as well as serving as a staff writer for Film.com and Hollywood.com. He appears as the animated character Carlyle on spill.com, where he also hosts a featured podcast. His first screenplay SINISTER is currently in production in New York City, co-written and directed by Scott Derrickson and starring Ethan Hawke.
General Fields
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- : Orion Publishing Co
- : Gollancz
- : 31 December 2012
- : 234mm X 153mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 February 2013
- : books
Special Fields
- : C. Robert Cargill
- : Paperback
- : 313
- : 416