Contest – Objects of Worship by Claude Lalumiere (signed, limited edition)

We have another opportunity for BSC readers to score some free fiction! This collection from Claude Lalumiere (who was recently interviewed at BSC), Objects of Worship, features 12 pieces of fiction by the writer whose stories Lucius Shepard calls “dark, mordant, precisely formed”. It will be published by Chizine Press. Please remember that you can use Twitter, Facebook and your blog/site to improve your chances of winning BSC contests!

Synopsis:

Twelve strange, eerie, sensual stories of monstrous gods, disturbing faiths, and urgent desires by a bold new voice in weird fiction. Some of these stories have appeared in On Spec, Year’s Best SF, Interzone, Electric Velocipede and Tesseracts Eleven. Two of these stories—”The Darkness at the Heart of the World” and “Roman Predator’s Chimeric Odyssey”—are previously unpublished.

This volume also contains interior illustrations by Rupert Bottenberg (Claude’s Lost Myths collaborator) with an introduction by World Fantasy Award-winning author James Morrow and an afterword by the author.

This signed and limited edition of Objects of Worship is available to order until June 24th, and features two stories exclusive to the edition.

This contest is open to all BSC members. Just PM (private message) me at our forums or email us at contest@bscreview.com, and you’re entered. Please include your address/shipping information with your entry so we can get the prize out to you as quickly as possible. Winners will be announced on June 20th! Some thoughts on Claude Lalumiere’s fiction:

“Claude Lalumière’s stories are dark, mordant, precisely formed. His first collection is extraordinarily accomplished in its craft and subversive intent.” —Lucius Shepard

“These stories are terrifically creepy. And not unlike Edgar Allan Poe or Potted Meat Product, they gave me the willies.” —Christopher Moore

“Claude Lalumière has a poet’s sensibility. He suggests; never overstates. This finely crafted, stylishly dark collection is a vitrine of objets and curios, a specimen cabinet of elegant bizarrerie. I recommend it to all connoisseurs of lyricism and things passing strange.”—Richard Calder

“You hear about kids locked away in attics, their only toys broken clothespins, a few pipe cleaners, a spool of yarn. Yet with these toys, they manage to concoct imaginary worlds of great wonder and beauty. Claude must have grown up in an attic because he writes like one of those kids.” —Neil Smith

“Claude Lalumière’s extravagant imagination is matched by only two other qualities: his compassion for his characters, and his sparkling facility with language. His stories resound with the clash of ideas, the music of hearts and the howls of indignation that any sensitive creator emits when confronted with a universe less esthetically pleasing and fair-minded than the ones he daily strives to create.” —Paul Di Filippo

“In these stories, life still aches after death, spirits leave the flesh and return, and the only people comfortable with their bodies are rotting zombies. Disturbing and funny, sexy and psychedelic, this collection marks the debut of a highly original voice in fantastic fiction. Read it for the thrill of getting lost, or the pleasure of letting an author lead you into undiscovered places.” —Jan Lars Jensen

“Claude Lalumière’s stories are delicious.” —Anna Tambour

Please be sure to visit our contest page to be up to date with all current contests hosted at BSC, updated all the time! I want to thank Chizine Press and Claude Lalumiere for allowing us to present this great contest!

Good luck to all!

    
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