num_pages: 254
description: Here is how monstrous humans are.A sentient murderous prosthetic leg; shadowy creatures lurking behind a shimmering wall; brutal barrow men: of all the terrors that populate The Glassy Burning Floor of Hell perhaps the most alarming are the beings who decimated the habitable Earth: humans. In this new short story collection Brian Evenson envisions a chilling future beyond the Anthropocene that forces excruciating decisions about survival and self-sacrifice in the face of toxic air and a natural world torn between revenge and regeneration. Combining psychological and ecological horror each tale thrums with Evenson's award-winning literary craftsmanship dark humor and thrilling suspense.
language: English
title: The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell
publisher: Coffee House Press